An Open Letter from Indigenous Peoples to Indigenous Peoples in Brazil on Surviving COVID-19 Edson Krenak and Laura Graham have worked with Indigenous leaders from North and South America to craft a multi-lingual "Open Letter from Indigenous People to Indigenous People in Brazil on Surviving Covid-19."...
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For the right to be named and counted: Indigenous Peoples are excluded from COVID-19 Statistics Bia'ni Madsa' Juárez López and Jess Cherofsky, Cultural Survival 4 June 2020 Countries across the world have faced difficulties in attempting to produce data on the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. While...
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Por el derecho a ser nombrados y contados. Pueblos Indígenas son excluidos de los datos estadísticos de COVID-19 Bia'ni Madsa' Juárez López and Jess Cherofsky 6-4-20 Tenemos una gran diversidad de Pueblos Indígenas en el mundo, pueblos que se han visto afectados de distintas formas por la pandemia...
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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 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...
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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