FUNAI Archives - SALSA - The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

April

SALSA DECLARATION ON FICO AND A’UWẼ (XAVANTE) RIGHTS TO FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT (4-4-26)

April 4, 2026

A’uwẽ leader Silvério Tsereburã Tserenhibru (1988-2025) speaks emphatically against FICO in a meeting with government authorities and INFRA S.A. representatives hours before his untimely death. Photo: Ana Ferraz, 2025. SALSA DECLARATION ON FICO AND A’UWẼ (XAVANTE) RIGHTS TO FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT This declaration compliments the...

April

SAMPLE EMAIL ACCOMPANYING THE SALSA DECLARATION ON FICO AND A’UWẼ (XAVANTE) RIGHTS TO FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT (4-4-26)

April 4, 2026

In PIAC, Public Issues News, SALSA Action Statements, SALSA's News Archive, Translated PIAC Statements

By Theodor Borrmann

SAMPLE EMAIL ACCOMPANYING THE SALSA DECLARATION ON FICO AND A’UWẼ (XAVANTE) RIGHTS TO FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT The sample email text below is provided as a potential model for individual communications to the relevant Brazilian authorities. Communications can be sent to President Lula, the Minister of...

February

SALSA letter supporting A’uwẽ (Xavante) demands for FPIC (2-20-26)

February 22, 2026

In Public Issues News, SALSA Action Statements, SALSA's News Archive

By Theodor Borrmann

Xavante leaders express objection to FICO at FUNAI in Brasília: Photo: Helen Lourdes, Cimi, February 2026. SALSA LETTER SUPPORTING A’UWẼ (XAVANTE) DEMANDS FOR FPIC SALSA’s letter supporting A’uwẽ (Xavante) demands for FPIC in relation to FICO (Central-West Integration Railway) and all planned infrastructure projects in A’uwẽ lands, was...

December

SALSA Statement – Removal of Settlers Illegally Ocuppying the Apyterewa and Trincheira-Bacajá Indigenous Territories (12-7-23)

December 7, 2023

In PIAC, Public Issues News, SALSA Action Statements, SALSA's News Archive

By SALSA

Declaração da SALSA SALSA apoia às ações de desintrusão das Terras Indígenas Apyterewa e Trincheira-Bacajá 7 December 2023 [Español abajo / English below] Veja a Declaração em formato pdf A Sociedade para a Antropologia das Terras Baixas da América do Sul (SALSA), uma organização acadêmica e profissional internacional composta por...

August

Entidades temem risco de genocídio entre indígenas isolados com avanço da Covid-19 e grileiros (8-4-20)

August 16, 2020

In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, COVID-19 Lowland South America

By SALSA

Entidades temem risco de genocídio entre indígenas isolados com avanço da Covid-19 e grileiros Mayara Subtil 8-4-20 Manifesto acontece após última aparição de um grupo de isolados em um sítio de Seringueiras, em Rondônia. 'A gente sabe que a história da nossa pátria amada idolatrada de pandemia é...

June

‘We are facing extermination’: Brazil losing a generation of indigenous leaders to Covid-19 (6-21-20)

June 29, 2020

In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, COVID-19 Lowland South America

By SALSA

‘We are facing extermination’: Brazil losing a generation of indigenous leaders to Covid-19 Don Phillips 6-21-20 As Brazil’s confirmed overall death toll from Covid-19 passes 50,000, the virus is scything through the country’s indigenous communities, killing chiefs, elders and traditional healers – and raising fears that alongside the...