A’uwẽ-Xavante Tag

PERSISTENCE OF GOOD LIVING by J.R. Welch (2023)

Persistence of Good Living A'uwe Life Cycles and Well-Being in the Central Brazilian Cerrados By James R. Welch The University of Arizona Press, 2023 Persistence of Good Living explores how cultural understandings of well-being often differ from scientific measures such as health, happiness, and affluence. For the Indigenous A’uwẽ (Xavante)...

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Brazil Fails To Prevent COVID-19 Spread In Indigenous Communities: The Xavante Example (5-31-20)

Brazil Fails To Prevent COVID-19 Spread In Indigenous Communities: The Xavante Example Laura R. Graham 5-31-20 In a genocidal move that exposes an entire A’uwẽ-Xavante community to COVID-19, Brazilian health officials returned a COVID-19-infected man to the village of Marawãitsédé where health and sanitation are highly precarious. The...

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A’uwẽ-Xavante Leaders Denounce Bogus Consultations Regarding 3 Hydroelectric Dams, Demand halt to Commercial Transport on Federal Highways during COVID By Laura Graham and Edson Krenak Naknanuk (5-13-20)

A’uwẽ-Xavante Leaders Denounce Bogus Consultations Regarding 3 Hydroelectric Dams, Demand halt to Commercial Transport on Federal Highways during COVID By Laura Graham and Edson Krenak Naknanuk Laura R. Graham, Edson Krenak Naknanuk 5-13-2020 A’uwẽ-Xavante leaders from the Xavante Indigenous Territories of São Marcos, Areões, Pimentel Barbosa and Sangradouro...

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