Contested Memory. The ‘Comfort Women’ Statue in Berlin and Dealing with Sexual Violence in War
The unveiling of a statue in memory of the victims of sexual violence committed by the Japanese Army in World War II …
"The Camera is our Weapon": Kayapó video warriors featured in new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York
The Kayapó (Megengôkrê) people of Brazil are living proof of the resistance and adaptability of Indigenous cultures. A new exhibit at the American Museum …
Amazon under Fire: A letter of protest by Brazilian scientists published by the New York Review of Books
As Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stood before the United Nations in September of 2019 downplaying media reports of increasing forest fires under …
Savage System
Often, I address white American attitudes towards native peoples. How historians have ignored whole sections of our history, racism and genocide against …
Unearthing Knowledge: Forensic Anthropology and Technologies of Memory
What is commonly known as the Colombian conflict refers to more than six decades of enduring violence. During these years, a number …
The Decade of Contact: Isolated indigneous people in the 21st century [excerpt]
José Carlos Meirelles, a retired field agent from Brazil’s National Indian Foundation, FUNAI, refers to the current moment for isolated indigenous people …
The Decade of Contact: Isolated indigneous people in the 21st century [excerpt]
José Carlos Meirelles, a retired field agent from Brazil’s National Indian Foundation, FUNAI, refers to the current moment for isolated indigenous people …
Ceci N’est Pas un Contact: the Fetishization of Isolated Indigenous People [Excerpt]
Words matter. Peruvian legislation recognizes two categories of indigenous peoples with little or no interaction with outsiders and the state: “peoples in …
Ceci N’est Pas un Contact: the Fetishization of Isolated Indigenous People [Excerpt]
Words matter. Peruvian legislation recognizes two categories of indigenous peoples with little or no interaction with outsiders and the state: “peoples in …
Ceci N’est Pas un Contact: the Fetishization of Isolated Indigenous People [Excerpt]
Words matter. Peruvian legislation recognizes two categories of indigenous peoples with little or no interaction with outsiders and the state: “peoples in …
Ceci N’est Pas un Contact: the Fetishization of Isolated Indigenous People [Excerpt]
Words matter. Peruvian legislation recognizes two categories of indigenous peoples with little or no interaction with outsiders and the state: “peoples in …
The Kopenawa Galaxy: Review of ‘The Falling Sky’ by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert
To look across a Yanomami village on a clear night is like seeing the universe in a mirror. Above, the stars glisten …
The Kopenawa Galaxy: Review of ‘The Falling Sky’ by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert
To look across a Yanomami village on a clear night is like seeing the universe in a mirror. Above, the stars glisten …
The Kopenawa Galaxy: Review of ‘The Falling Sky’ by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert
To look across a Yanomami village on a clear night is like seeing the universe in a mirror. Above, the stars glisten …
The Kopenawa Galaxy: Review of ‘The Falling Sky’ by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert
To look across a Yanomami village on a clear night is like seeing the universe in a mirror. Above, the stars glisten …
Mashco-Piros on the Verge: Missionaries, human safaris, head-ball and a tale of two contacts
This is the full text, with additional photos, of a three-part series published concurrently by Indian Country Today Versión en castellano 1. …
Mashco-Piros on the Verge: Missionaries, human safaris, head-ball and a tale of two contacts
This is the full text, with additional photos, of a three-part series published concurrently by Indian Country Today Versión en castellano 1. …
Mashco-Piros on the Verge: Missionaries, human safaris, head-ball and a tale of two contacts
This is the full text, with additional photos, of a three-part series published concurrently by Indian Country Today Versión en castellano 1. …
Mashco-Piros on the Verge: Missionaries, human safaris, head-ball and a tale of two contacts
This is the full text, with additional photos, of a three-part series published concurrently by Indian Country Today Versión en castellano 1. …
Los mashco-piro al borde: Misioneros, safaris humanos, el juego de pelota y una historia de dos contactos
English version 1. Misioneros y safaris humanos inician contacto en el Perú Se siente como un déjà vu: jóvenes desnudos de un …
Los mashco-piro al borde: Misioneros, safaris humanos, el juego de pelota y una historia de dos contactos
English version 1. Misioneros y safaris humanos inician contacto en el Perú Se siente como un déjà vu: jóvenes desnudos de un …
Los mashco-piro al borde: Misioneros, safaris humanos, el juego de pelota y una historia de dos contactos
English version 1. Misioneros y safaris humanos inician contacto en el Perú Se siente como un déjà vu: jóvenes desnudos de un …
Los mashco-piro al borde: Misioneros, safaris humanos, el juego de pelota y una historia de dos contactos
English version 1. Misioneros y safaris humanos inician contacto en el Perú Se siente como un déjà vu: jóvenes desnudos de un …
Too-Close Encounters: The Mashco-Piro and the dilemmas of isolation and contact
In late August a Peruvian indigenous federation circulated remarkable video footage showing about a hundred isolated (so-called “uncontacted”) Mashco-Piro Indians just across …