Can indigenous people obtain identification cards?
Yes, the Indian can and should obtain an identification card, which is the general registration of Brazilian citizens. Thus, everyone has a right to this identification card, a right not an obligation. The normal identification card, which is obtained from the police, is called civil identification, and its function is precisely to prove one identification wherever one travels and, where necessary, to present to Brazilian authorities. Brazilian law does not permit or allow ethnic identification. The identification card presents the name, parents and date and place of birth, but has no information regarding ethnic identification, skin color or sexual option. On the other hand, the indigenous people have a right to register in the community where they were born. This registration, without doubt is an ethnic identification.
