O retorno da terra: as retomadas na aldeia tupinambá da Serra do Padeiro, Sul da Bahia By Daniela Fernandez Alarcon Editoria Elefante, 2019 "Neste livro [O retorno da terra], de leitura obrigatória para quem quer entender a situação dramática em que vivem muitos povos indígenas no Brasil, Daniela...
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Nï jotï aiye: jkyo jkwainï - Libro comunitario jotï: historia, territorio y vida By Egleé Zent, Stanford Zent, Nï jotï & Jodena U. Caracas: Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, 2019, Nï jotï aiye: jkyo jkwainï (Libro comunitario jotï: historia, territorio y vida) constituye una respuesta a la solicitud de...
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Ancestrais e suas sombras: uma etnografia da chefia Kalapalo e seu ritual mortuário By Antonio Guerreiro Editora da Unicamp, 2019 (ebook edition) Ancestrais e suas sombras aborda o tema das formas ameríndias da política, a partir de uma etnografia do grande ritual mortuário que os povos do Alto Xingu realizam...
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Slavery and Utopia: The Wars and Dreams of an Amazonian World Transformer By Fernando Santos-Granero University of Texas Press, 2018 In the first half of the twentieth century, a charismatic Peruvian Amazonian indigenous chief, José Carlos Amaringo Chico, played a key role in leading his people, the Ashaninka,...
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Managing Multiculturalism: Indigeneity and the Struggle for Rights in Colombia By Jean Jackson Stanford University Press, 2019 Indigenous people in Colombia constitute a mere three percent of the national population. Colombian indigenous communities' success in gaining collective control of almost thirty percent of the national territory is nothing short...
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Fire Otherwise: Ethnobiology of Burning for a Changing World Edited by Cynthia T. Fowler and James R. Welch University of Utah Press, 2018 Fire is a daunting human ecological challenge and a major subject in science and policy debates about global trends in land conversion, climate change, and...
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