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)...
Read MoreSupport Xavante Communities in their COVID-19 Response Cultural Survival 5-15-20 A’uwẽ-Xavante in Brazil are particularly at risk for COVID-19 because of high rates of diseases that represent significant co-morbidity factors. Studies indicate that A’uwẽ-Xavante have the highest incidence of diabetes of any ethnic group in Brazil. They...
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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 R. Graham, with collaboration from Edson Krenak Naknanuk 5-13-20 A’uwẽ-Xavante leaders from the Xavante Indigenous Territories of São Marcos, Areões, Pimentel Barbosa and Sangradouro denounce the consultation process concerning...
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