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

February

Covid deaths of Yanomami children fuel fears for Brazil’s indigenous groups (2-8-21)

February 10, 2021

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

Covid deaths of Yanomami children fuel fears for Brazil's indigenous groups Guardian 2-8-21 Health ministry sends team to investigate ‘concerning’ virus cases in Yanomami territory near Venezuelan border. Ten Yanomami children died from Covid-19 in January, fueling fears over the disproportionate impact the coronavirus is having on vulnerable...

November

A Tragedy Foretold: COVID-19 Infections Spike in Yanomami Territory (11-19-20)

November 23, 2020

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

By SALSA

A Tragedy Foretold: COVID-19 Infections Spike in Yanomami Territory Rainforest Foundation US 11-19-20 Yanomami and Ye’kwana organizations and a network of researchers launch an unprecedented report that details the progress of the pandemic in the indigenous territory, suggesting that one in three yanomami may have already been infected...

November

COVID-19 cases soar in Brazil’s largest indigenous reservation (11-19-20)

November 23, 2020

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

By SALSA

COVID-19 cases soar in Brazil's largest indigenous reservation Lisandra Paraguassu, Reuters 11-19-20 The coronavirus has spread rapidly through the Yanomami indigenous reservation in northern Brazil and more than a third of its 27,000 people could have been exposed, according to a report produced by their leaders. Read more: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-brazil-yanomami/covid-19-cases-soar-in-brazils-largest-indigenous-reservation-idUKKBN27Z355...

July

Yanomami mothers fight for the right to bury their children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil (7-24-20)

July 25, 2020

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

By SALSA

Yanomami mothers fight for the right to bury their children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil Emily Costa and Kátia Brasil 7-24-20 Amazônia Real's report located indigenous children buried without their families' knowledge. On July 1, a mother of Yanomami ethnicity, and member of the Sanöma subgroup, received her...

July

Brazil Health Workers May Have Spread Coronavirus to Indigenous People (7-19-20)

July 20, 2020

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

By SALSA

Brazil Health Workers May Have Spread Coronavirus to Indigenous People Manuela Andreoni, Ernesto Londoño and Letícia Casado 7-19-20 The telltale symptoms began in late May, about a week after government medical workers made a routine visit to the Kanamari Indigenous community in a remote part of the Amazon:...

July

Liderança Yanomami critica operação do Exército em Roraima (7-6-20)

July 9, 2020

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

By SALSA

Liderança Yanomami critica operação do Exército em Roraima Thiago Domenici, A Pública 7-6-20 O embarque para Roraima na segunda-feira passada, 29 de junho, de uma comitiva com militares, agentes de saúde, médicos da Secretaria Especial de Saúde Indígena (SESAI), do Ministério da Saúde e jornalistas no KC-390, da...