Upper Xingu Tag

Um grande Cacique a menos: Morre Aritana (8-5-20)

Um grande Cacique a menos: Morre Aritana Xapuri 8-5-20 O cacique Yawalapiti Aritana, liderança do Parque Indígena do Xingu, MT, morreu, hoje, 05 de agosto em Goiânia-Goiás, em consequência do Covid-19,  aos 74 anos. O cacique yawalapiti Aritana, uma das principais lideranças do Parque Indígena do Xingu, enfrentava...

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Brazil indigenous chief Aritana hospitalized with COVID-19 after arduous journey (7-22-20)

Brazil indigenous chief Aritana hospitalized with COVID-19 after arduous journey Ueslei Marcelino 7-22-20 Aritana Yawalapiti, one of Brazil’s most influential indigenous leaders, arrived at a hospital in the central city of Goiânia early on Wednesday to be treated at an intensive care unit for COVID-19, after an arduous...

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Covid-19 Crisis in Amazonia Kuikuro Initiative (5-20-20)

Covid-19 Crisis in Amazonia Kuikuro Initiative AIKAX - Associação Indígena Kuikuro do Alto Xingú 5-20-2020 Even before the Covid-19 crisis the indigenous people of the southern Amazon were facing unprecedented threats.  Widespread deforestation, fires and a hostile government are decimating their tropical forest homes and have left them...

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