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February

Murder threats against Tupinanba Chief Babau – Petition calling for a full investigation (2.12.19)

February 20, 2019

Cacique Babau ameaçado de morte por liderar processo de demarcação da Terra Indígena Tupinambá de Olivença, Bahia (Tupinamba Chief Babau threatened to death for leading demarcation process of the Terra Indigene Tupinamba de Olivença, Bahia) Faça parte do abaixo assinado enviando email com seu nome complete e afiliação institucional:...

February

Award to Mike Cepek for recent book on the Cofán (1.22.19)

February 9, 2019

In SALSA members in the news, SALSA's News Archive

By SALSA

Mike Cepek's book Life in Oil recognized in the 2019 PROSE awards SALSA extends warm congratulations to long-time member Mike Cepek, whose book on the Cofán people was selected as a finalist of the 2019 PROSE Awards, honoring scholarly works published in 2018. Revealing how the key fuel of...

February

MANAGING MULTICULTURALISM by Jean Jackson (2019)

February 7, 2019

In 2019 Books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

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...

January

FIRE OTHERWISE: ed. by C. Fowler and J. Welch (2018)

January 27, 2019

In 2018 books, New Books by SALSA Members

By SALSA

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...

January

Steven Lee Rubenstein Memorial Scholarship 2019

January 4, 2019

In Awards and Funding, Rubenstein Memorial

By SALSA

The Steven Lee Rubenstein Memorial Scholarship 2019 call for applications About the Award For every SALSA conference since 2016, a travel stipend of $500 has been awarded to a graduate student, recent PhD, or precariously employed member who wishes to present their work at the SALSA sesquiannual meetings. This...

December

Amahuaca construyendo territorio (2018)

December 28, 2018

In Films and Exhibits

By SALSA

Amahuaca construyendo territorio Claudia Arteaga, Scripps College, 2018 Amahuaca construyendo territorio trata sobre los territorios de las comunidades de San Martín y San Juan, pertenecientes al pueblo amahuaca de la selva peruana, como espacios disputados. En éstos, sus habitantes invocan recuerdos que los conectan al lugar donde viven,...