Tag: #indigeneous

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights visits Yanomami land

6 months ago • Amanda Audi

Ailton Krenak’s crusade to save indigenous languages and philosophy

For the first time, the Brazilian Academy of Letters is set to induct an indigenous writer and thinker to join its illustrious ranks

8 months ago • Amanda Audi

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at an Indigenous Peoples event.

A little less conversation, a little more indigenous demarcation

The Lula government promised to ratify 14 indigenous lands this year with the stroke of a pen, but agribusiness pressures have kept the administration from coming good on its promise

8 months ago • Amanda Audi

The pressing mental health problem in Brazil's indigenous communities

The pressing mental health problem in Brazil’s indigenous communities

Experts say the mental health of Brazilian indigenous people has been put under stress due to the encroachment of extractive industries and the subsequent introduction of vice. Suicide rates among indigenous people are three times that of the rest of the country

1 year ago • Amanda Audi

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Imagine there’s no Amazon, it’s the risk if we don’t try

2 years ago • Lucas Berti and Jika

President Bolsonaro meeting with indigenous leaders in Brasília. Photo: Isac Nóbrega/PR

Bolsonaro awards himself medal for merit in “indigenous expertise”

2 years ago • Guilherme Mendes

indigenous land The government's House whip, Ricardo Barros. Photo: Paulo Sérgio/CD/CC-BY 4.0

Government pushes for mining in indigenous land

2 years ago • Amanda Audi

languages indigenous Traditional public wood carvings depicting natives of the village of Caleta Tortel. Photo: Shutterstock

Why indigenous languages are dying out in Latin America

Cristina Calderón, who died last week, was the last surviving speaker of the Yaghan indigenous language. Around Latin America, countless native tongues are disappearing from existence

2 years ago • Lucas Berti