COVID-19 for isolated indigenous peoples

Open letter on dangers of Covid-19 for Isolated Indigenous Peoples (3-23-20)

[fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Open Letter to Brazilian Authorities and Society at Large on the Dangers of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Isolated Indigenous Peoples [/fullwidth_text] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Public statement regarding the possible exposure of isolated indigenous peoples in Brazil to Covid-19, approved...

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Extraction of Minerals in Indigenous Lands

Extraction of Minerals in Indigenous Lands – ABA Declaration (2-21-20)

ABA's Declaration concerning Brazilian Government authorization of research and extraction of minerals and hydrocarbons in Indigenous Lands   SALSA joins its voice to that of the Brazilian Association of Anthropology (ABA), which recently published a letter criticizing the Brazilian government's authorization of mineral prospecting on indigenous territories....

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Nomination of Ricardo Lopes Dias as Head of FUNAI’s CGIIRC

Nomination of Ricardo Lopes Dias as Head of FUNAI’s CGIIRC (2-6-20)

[fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] SALSA Statement Condemning the Nomination of Ricardo Lopes Dias as Head of Brazil’s General Coordination of Isolated and Recently Contacted Indigenous Peoples [/fullwidth_text] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America, an international scholarly organization composed...

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WAU denounces Brazilian government Amazon ecocide (9-15-19)

  Denouncement of the Brazilian government for Amazon ecocide Crime against humanity and the planet by Amazon ecocide, causing loss of biodiversity and genocide of indigenous peoples and other traditional communities The International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences and the World Council of Anthropological Associations, which form the...

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