Maria Thereza Alves - OIKOVYTERI ITEKO’A MÔĪNGUEVYA (Decolonization continues)

Edited by Ke´y Rusú Katupyry and Verá Poty Resakã.

Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous support from Open Society Foundations and generous assistance from Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen.

Courtesy Instituto Guarani-Nhandewá de Estudios da Historia do Brasil and Casa da Maria.

Exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales as part of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney: NIRIN (2020).

OIKOVYTERI ITEKO'A MÔINGUEVYA (Decolonization continues) is the first Guarani newspaper and is made by members of the Juaguapiru Reservation in Mato Grosso do Sul, considered the most violent state against indigenous people in Brazil. The local town of Dourados is aggressively prejudiced against indigenous peoples. Recently on January 3, 2020 police came into the reservation and shot 6 Guarani who defended stolen lands. This newspaper is written to bring to the attention of the general public the deteriorating situation the community is confronting. The editors are Ke´y Rusú Katupyry and Verá Poty Resakã. It is co-published by the Instituto Guarani-Nhandewá de Estudios da Historia do Brasil, Casa da Maria (Maria’s House) and the Sydney Biennale.

“Throughout Brazil, monuments celebrate colonialism and genocide. I want to celebrate the courage of Maria, and so thought it important to preserve her house – not as monument but as testimony. OIKOVYTERI ITEKO’A MÔĪNGUEVYA (Decolonization continues) is the first Guarani newspaper and is made by members of the Juaguapiru Reservation in Mato Grosso do Sul, considered the most violent state against Indigenous people in Brazil.”