‘We are facing extermination’: Brazil losing a generation of indigenous leaders to Covid-19 (6-21-20)

‘We are facing extermination’: Brazil losing a generation of indigenous leaders to Covid-19

Don Phillips

6-21-20

As Brazil’s confirmed overall death toll from Covid-19 passes 50,000, the virus is scything through the country’s indigenous communities, killing chiefs, elders and traditional healers – and raising fears that alongside the toll of human lives, the pandemic may inflict irreparable damage on tribal knowledge of history, culture and natural medicine.

Read the full article: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/21/brazil-losing-generation-indigenous-leaders-covid-19