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March

José Carlos Almeida Cruz – N & S Whitten Publication Subvention 2025-2026

March 3, 2026

In Awards and Funding, SALSA's News Archive, Whitten Publication Subvention

José Carlos Almeida Cruz Universidade Federal do Amazonas Waíkahãra (Piratapuia) Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention 2025-2026 The Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention Award Selection Committee (Evan Killick, chair, Lukas Keese and Juliana Oliveira Silva) awarded a grant to José Carlos Almeida Cruz for his book, “Bahsé ahpose - the rites...

March

Nell Haynes – N & S Whitten Publication Subvention 2025-2026

March 1, 2026

In Awards and Funding, SALSA's News Archive, Whitten Publication Subvention

By Theodor Borrmann

Nell Haynes Saint Mary's College Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention 2025-2026 The Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention Award Selection Committee (Evan Killick, chair, Lukas Keese and Juliana Oliveira Silva) awarded a grant to Nell Haynes for her book, “Chola in a Choke Hold: Reimagining Indigeneity through Bolivian Lucha...

February

Awardees N & S Whitten Publication Subvention 2025-2026

February 27, 2026

In Awards and Funding, SALSA's News Archive, Whitten Publication Subvention

By Theodor Borrmann

Awardees Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention 2025-2026 Please join me and members of this year’s Norm and Sibby Whitten Publication Subvention Award Selection Committee (Evan Killick, chair, Lukas Keese and Juliana Oliveira Silva) in congratulating this year’s award winners. The 2025-26 awardees are: José Carlos Almeida Cruz, for the book Bahsé...

February

SALSA letter supporting A’uwẽ (Xavante) demands for FPIC (2-20-26)

February 22, 2026

In Public Issues News, SALSA Action Statements, SALSA's News Archive

By Theodor Borrmann

Xavante leaders express objection to FICO at FUNAI in Brasília: Photo: Helen Lourdes, Cimi, February 2026. SALSA LETTER SUPPORTING A’UWẼ (XAVANTE) DEMANDS FOR FPIC SALSA’s letter supporting A’uwẽ (Xavante) demands for FPIC in relation to FICO (Central-West Integration Railway) and all planned infrastructure projects in A’uwẽ lands, was...

January

Kacper Świerk In memoriam: 1976-2026 (1-29-26)

January 30, 2026

In In-Memoriam, SALSA's News Archive

By Theodor Borrmann

KACPER ŚWIERK, 1976-2026 IN MEMORIAM BY FILIP ROGALSKI It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Kacper Świerk, who died on January 19, 2026, in Rzeszów, Poland. Kacper was born on June 4, 1976, in Rzeszów. He earned his BA (1998)...

January

Anna Marie Larsen – Whitten Research Fund 2025-26

January 21, 2026

In Awards and Funding, SALSA's News Archive, Whitten Research Awardee

By Theodor Borrmann

Anna Marie Larsen Masaryk University Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2025-2026 Leadership, Gender, and Well-being Among Indigenous People in Brazil Abstract: This research project aims to comparatively examine how leadership both shapes and is shaped by gender dynamics within Indigenous communities, and how these interrelated...