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SALSA Statement on Tragic Deaths of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips (6-16-22)

SALSA Statement Os mortos trágicos de Bruno Pereira e Dom Phillips 16 June 2022 [English below] Os estudantes, acadêmicos e ativistas afiliados à SALSA – especialistas nos povos e ambientes da Amazônia – juntam-se aos colegas que expressam indignação e profunda tristeza com os mortos de Bruno Pereira e...

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SALSA Statement Against Brazil’s Proposed Law #490/2007 (6-27-21)

SALSA Statement Condemning Brazil’s Proposed Law #490/2007 27 June 2021 Strongly supported by the agro-industrial sector, Law #490/2007 provides for several changes in the territorial rights of Indigenous Peoples as guaranteed by Brazil’s Constitution. The law applies the “time limit thesis” (marco temporal) to the question of demarcating...

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SALSA Denuncia a Posição Radical da FUNAI no Brasil (5-7-20)

[fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] SALSA Denuncia a Posição Radical da FUNAI no Brasil [/fullwidth_text] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]   A Sociedade para a Antropologia das Terras Baixas de América do Sul (SALSA), uma organização acadêmica internacional composta por profissionais e estudantes, se une na denúncia enfática...

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Land Grabs and the Spread of Covid-19 in Brazilian Indigenous Areas (4-23-20)

[fullwidth_text alt_background="none" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Statement of Concern Regarding Land Grabs and the Spread of Covid-19 in Brazilian Indigenous Areas [/fullwidth_text] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Land grabs and the spread of COVID-19 in Brazil The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America, an international scholarly organization composed...

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Open letter on dangers of Covid-19 for Isolated Indigenous Peoples (3-23-20)

[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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Nomination of Ricardo Lopes Dias as Head of FUNAI’s CGIIRC (2-6-20)

[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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