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March

Open letter on dangers of Covid-19 for Isolated Indigenous Peoples (3-23-20)

March 23, 2020
In Anthropology & SALSA on COVID-19, COVID-19 Related Concerns, Public Issues News, SALSA Action Statements
By SALSA

[fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Open Letter to Brazilian Authorities and Society at Large on the Dangers of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Isolated Indigenous Peoples [/fullwidth_text] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Public statement regarding the possible exposure of isolated indigenous peoples in Brazil to Covid-19, approved...

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21
March

Letter by Gobierno Propio from Vaupés – COVID 19 (3-21-20)

March 21, 2020
In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, COVID-19 Indigenous positions, Public Issues News
By SALSA

Letter issued by Gobierno-Propio, an indigenous organization from Vaupés relating to the pandemic outbreak and the impact on their territories Dear Salser@s, I am sharing with you a letter issued from Gobierno-Propio, an indigenous organization from Vaupés. This organization is interested in circulating the letter widely as...

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21
February

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

February 21, 2020
In Public Issues News, SALSA's News Archive
By SALSA

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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10
February

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

February 10, 2020
In Public Issues News, SALSA Action Statements, SALSA's News Archive
By SALSA

[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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