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February

Murder threats against Tupinanba Chief Babau – Petition calling for a full investigation (2.12.19)

February 20, 2019

Cacique Babau ameaçado de morte por liderar processo de demarcação da Terra Indígena Tupinambá de Olivença, Bahia (Tupinamba Chief Babau threatened to death for leading demarcation process of the Terra Indigene Tupinamba de Olivença, Bahia) Faça parte do abaixo assinado enviando email com seu nome complete e afiliação institucional:...

November

Election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil (11.12.18)

November 12, 2018

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

By SALSA

SALSA Statement Regarding the Recent Election of Jair Bolsonaro as President of Brazil The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America, an international scholarly organization composed of 500 professors, students, and practitioners, hereby signals its concern and alarm at the recent election of Jair...

November

Trump’s demonization of Latinos (11.11.18)

November 11, 2018

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

By SALSA

SALSA endorses statement by SLACA regarding Trump's demonization of Latinos Since his inauguration, U.S. President Donald J. Trump has followed the most dangerous scripts of nationalistic and xenophobic governance, whipping up a frenzy of inchoate fears and hatred among his supporters. His anti-Latinx rhetoric of demonization...

September

Brazilian National Museum Fire (09.06.18)

September 6, 2018

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

By SALSA

Brazilian National Museum Fire - SALSA Letter The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America (SALSA), comprised of students and scholars from throughout the world, wishes to express our profound sadness and indignation with the destruction by fire of the Museu Nacional in Rio de...

August

Peruvian National Census of 2017 (08.11.17)

August 11, 2017

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

By SALSA

2017 Peruvian National Census and indigenous Amazonian peoples The SALSA Public Issues and Actions Committee has sent a letter to the director of Peru's National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI) applauding the agency for its adoption of the principle of ethnic self-identification for the 2017 Peruvian National Census as...

May

Brazilian anti-indigenous policies (05.18.17)

May 18, 2017

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

By SALSA

Brazilian anti-indigenous policies Joint petition condemning Brazilian anti- indigenous policies gathers over 1500 signatures, but Brazilian congress approves parliamentary inquiry criminalizing anthropologists and others involved in indigenous land demarcation SALSA, together with Associação Brasileira de Antropolgia (ABA) and Groupe International de Travail pour les Peuples Autochtones (GITPA),...