Brazil using coronavirus to cover up assaults on Amazon, warn activists The Guardian 5-6-20 As the coronavirus pandemic eats its way into the Amazon, raising fears of a genocide of its vulnerable indigenous tribes, the government of the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, and its supporters are dismantling rules...
Read MoreCoronavírus: “Um ancião indígena que morre é uma perda para toda a humanidade” (4-12-20) https://amazoniareal.com.br/coronavirus-um-anciao-indigena-que-morre-e-uma-perda-para-toda-a-humanidade-diz-marcio-meira/ Por: Maria Fernanda Ribeiro | 12/04/2020 às 05:48 (Foto: Alberto César Araújo/Amazônia Real) O que acontece agora com a humanidade inteira é o que ocorre quando um povo indígena em situação de isolamento fica vulnerável a pessoas...
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[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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[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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Joint petition condemning genocidal turn in Brazilian indigenous policies Below you will find the text (in Portuguese, French, and English) of a Declaration condemning the genocidal turn in indigenous policy in Brazil. SALSA as a whole is co-sponsoring this document, along with Associação Brasileira de Antropolgia (ABA)...
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FUNAI Recognizes Four Indigenous Territories On Tuesday, April 19, 2016 (Dia do Índio), and after years of delay and political intrigue, FUNAI published official reports recognizing four indigenous territories: TI Sawré Muybu in Pará (Munduruku) TI Ypoi/Triunfo in Mato Grosso do Sul (Guarani Kaiowa) TI Sambaqui...
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