Celebration: Photographs of the Guna Chicha Celebración: Fotografías de la Chicha Guna By James Howe Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute & Congreso General de la Cultura Guna, 2016 The Guna of Panama, famous for their visual and verbal art, celebrate the coming of age of their daughters in dramatic village-wide...
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Amazon under threat: Fires, loggers and now virus Camilla Costa, Visual Journalism Americas, BBC News 5-21-20 The Amazon rainforest - which plays a vital role in balancing the world's climate and helping fight global warming - is also suffering as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Deforestation jumped...
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“Osconhecimentos não têm fronteiras”. Uma homenagem a Feliciano Lana Samir Ricardo Figalli de Angelo 5-27-20 O título desta homenagem foi a frase que sempre ouvia de meu professor Feliciano Lana quando lhe perguntava sobre a circulação dos conhecimentos indígenas. Uma das formas de homenagear uma personalidade que contribuiu...
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Matico descongestiona trabas burocráticas en la Diresa-Ucayali Luisa Elvira Belaunde 5-27-20 Este martes 26 de mayo se inauguró el Centro Comunitario de Atención Rápida Matico COVID-19 en el local de la Parroquia de Yarinacocha. Leer el artículo completo: https://luisabelaunde.lamula.pe/2020/05/27/matico-descongestiona-trabas-burocraticas-en-la-diresa-ucayali/luisabelaunde/?fbclid=IwAR3wI7pqc8YwcvkPyqCyOrlJo_O-qzIB1lX6EyUHtXdm8VXYQa2-x2XoWLk...
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Health Emergency in the Shuar Community of Ecuador gofundme 5-27-20 Hello all! My name is Amalia Sirica, I am writing on behalf of Tuntiak Katan, the Vice Director of COICA, the organization that represents Indigenous leadership groups from all nine nations of the Amazon. Indigenous communities are essential...
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Photojournalist Sebastião Salgado: Brazil’s Reckless COVID Response Threatens Indigenous Survival Democracy Now! 5-26-20 As Brazil sees more than 800 deaths in 24 hours and nearly 400,000 confirmed cases, we look at COVID-19’s devastating impact on Brazil’s Indigenous peoples, who are dying at double the rate of the rest of...
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