SALSA’s News Archive

Extraction of Minerals in Indigenous Lands

Extraction of Minerals in Indigenous Lands – ABA Declaration (2-21-20)

ABA's Declaration concerning Brazilian Government authorization of research and extraction of minerals and hydrocarbons in Indigenous Lands   SALSA joins its voice to that of the Brazilian Association of Anthropology (ABA), which recently published a letter criticizing the Brazilian government's authorization of mineral prospecting on indigenous territories....

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Nomination of Ricardo Lopes Dias as Head of FUNAI’s CGIIRC

Nomination of Ricardo Lopes Dias as Head of FUNAI’s CGIIRC (2-6-20)

[fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] SALSA Statement Condemning the Nomination of Ricardo Lopes Dias as Head of Brazil’s General Coordination of Isolated and Recently Contacted Indigenous Peoples [/fullwidth_text] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America, an international scholarly organization composed...

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Wauja Summer Experience in Brazl

Wauja Summer Experience (2-5-20)

Wauja Summer Experience A collaboration with Indigenous scholars Purdue University and the Wauja community in the Xingu Indigenous Territory of Brazil are collaborating to offer an innovative, community-based ethnography Wauja Summer Experience. In this 6-credit, 3-week course, students live as guests in Wauja longhouses, participating in daily...

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