Declaración de SALSA SALSA exige el fin de la represión de los Pueblos Indígenas en Perú Febrero 26 de 2023 [English and Portuguese below] La Sociedad para la Antropología de las Tierras Bajas de América del Sur, organización académica internacional compuesta por profesores, estudiantes y profesionales, rechaza la política...
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SALSA Statement SALSA Repudiates the Attacks on Democracy in the Praça dos Três Poderes, Brasília 12 January 2023 The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America, an international scholarly organization composed of professors, students, and practitioners, condemns the violent attacks against the institutions of Brazilian democracy that...
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SALSA Statement Os mortos trágicos de Bruno Pereira e Dom Phillips 16 June 2022 [English below] Os estudantes, acadêmicos e ativistas afiliados à SALSA – especialistas nos povos e ambientes da Amazônia – juntam-se aos colegas que expressam indignação e profunda tristeza com os mortos de Bruno Pereira e...
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Amazonian Cosmopolitans Navigating a Shamanic Cosmos, Shifting Indigenous Policies, and Other Modern Projects By Suzanne Oakdale University of Nebraska Press, 2022 Amazonian Cosmopolitans focuses on the autobiographical accounts of two Brazilian Indigenous leaders, Prepori and Sabino, Kawaiwete men whose lives spanned the twentieth century, when Amazonia increasingly became the...
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Caubóis da floresta O crescimento da pecuária e a cultura de gado na Amazônia brasileira By Jeffrey Hoelle Editora da Universidade Federal do Acre - Edufac, 2021 I am happy to announce that my book, Rainforest Cowboys (UT Press, 2015) has been translated to Portuguese and is available for...
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This Indigenous man survived a 10-year Amazonian odyssey—but not COVID-19 Scott Wallace / National Geographic 7-29-21 The Indigenous survivor of a deadly ambush that sent him wandering alone for 10 years across 900 miles of rugged highlands in eastern Brazil has died of COVID-19 symptoms, according to fellow...
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