Brazilian National Museum Fire - SALSA Letter The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America (SALSA), comprised of students and scholars from throughout the world, wishes to express our profound sadness and indignation with the destruction by fire of the Museu Nacional in Rio de...
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2017 Peruvian National Census and indigenous Amazonian peoples The SALSA Public Issues and Actions Committee has sent a letter to the director of Peru's National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI) applauding the agency for its adoption of the principle of ethnic self-identification for the 2017 Peruvian National Census as...
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Brazilian anti-indigenous policies Joint petition condemning Brazilian anti- indigenous policies gathers over 1500 signatures, but Brazilian congress approves parliamentary inquiry criminalizing anthropologists and others involved in indigenous land demarcation SALSA, together with Associação Brasileira de Antropolgia (ABA) and Groupe International de Travail pour les Peuples Autochtones (GITPA),...
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Joint petition condemning genocidal turn in Brazilian indigenous policies Below you will find the text (in Portuguese, French, and English) of a Declaration condemning the genocidal turn in indigenous policy in Brazil. SALSA as a whole is co-sponsoring this document, along with Associação Brasileira de Antropolgia (ABA)...
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SALSA letter to Carmen Lucia, Minister of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court regarding criminalization of anthropology in Brazil SALSA has sent a letter denouncing the criminalization of anthropology, of our colleagues of the Brazilian Anthropological Association (ABA) and other professionals and indigenous leaders, whose activities in support...
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Indigenous human rights in Brazil - SALSA Letter to Dilma Rousseff Our letter denouncing the systemic disregard for indigenous human rights in Brazil was delivered and officially registered in Brasilia on Tuesday, February 23 2016. Carbondale, Illinois, USA, 18 February 2016 Dilma Rousseff Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil Gabinete...
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