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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Public Issues and Actions Committee (PIAC) Procedures and Terms of Reference Terms of reference for membership in SALSA's Public Issues and Actions Committee SALSA President Jonathan Hill created the SALSA Public Issues and Actions Committee (PIAC) in 2014. These are the terms of reference for membership in PIAC: There...
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SALSA Public Issues and Actions Committee (PIAC) SALSA Public Issues and Actions Committee responds to SALSA’s primary mission to support research on lowland South America, and to promote public knowledge of this region and its astonishingly rich cultural, linguistic, and biological diversity. However many of the...
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SALSA STATEMENT ON THE TWIN OCEAN RAILROAD (2 July 15) The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America (SALSA) is an international professional association for anthropologists specializing in lowland regions of South America. SALSA’s main goals are to foster sound and ethical research on the...
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SALSA Letter on the situation of the Mashco-Piro (10.14.14) [caption id="attachment_1954" align="alignleft" width="528"] Mashco-Piro, Madre de Dios region, Peru[/caption] Letter to Diana Álvarez-Calderón Gallo, Minister of Culture, Peru [English translation] Carta enviada a la Diana Álvarez-Calderón Gallo, Ministra de Cultura, Peru [original] Carta enviada à Diana Álvarez-Calderón Gallo, Minister...
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Online Sources and Advocacy Organizations for the Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America Many online sources cited under Advocacy Organizations provide also educational materials. To suggest changes or additions, or report broken links, please write to the SALSA webmaster. Academic Information Journals Scientific Electronic Library Online: A portal for...
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