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out 25 2024

1st Xipai Women’s Meeting: Together Strengthening Traditional Medicine

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The Juma Institute held the 1st Meeting of Indigenous Xipai Women and Riverine from August 9 to 11, 2024, in the Xipaya Territory, at the Kaarimã village. The main objective of the event was to strengthen the ancestral knowledge of women, promote cultural practices, and encourage the exchange of knowledge between different communities. The event …

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mar 11 2024setembro 24, 2024

SEWAPA TÏPA IKA TA BÏA EXPEDITION: IN SEARCH OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

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With the aim of strengthening and perpetuating the ancestral knowledge of traditional medicine in harmony with the preservation of biodiversity, Kaarimã Village was the setting for the 1st SEWAPA TÏPA IKA TA BÏA Expedition, which means “in search of traditional medicine” according to the Xipaya language. The aim of the initiative was to identify and …

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set 26 2023março 1, 2024

Aka.kamena

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The strengthening of cultural bases is essential for the continuity of traditional knowledge, which in turn is the determining factor in the process of resistance of indigenous peoples. To this end, throughout history we have seen that the use of this knowledge has ensured survival in the face of the changes that have taken place. …

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jul 6 2023julho 6, 2023

Internet in the Amazon

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The fight of the indigenous peoples is ancestral, and for a long time the process of resistance was through the use of bows and arrows, spears, and other tools, which were essential instruments to guarantee the existence of the original peoples. As time went by, the adaptation to this new world that was being formed …

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abr 19 2023abril 19, 2023

April 19th: The Indigenous Peoples Day

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April 19th, the Indigenous Peoples Day, had its name changed and re-signified, because “Indian Day” as it was previously called does not represent the diversity of the 305 peoples of Brazil and the word “Indian” is no longer used considering that it is an etymologically incorrect word and that it does not match in any …

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mar 31 2023abril 10, 2023

Collecting Urucum seeds for the medicinal herb garden

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Recently, urucum seeds were collected in the Kaarimã village for the production of seedlings for the medicinal herb garden. The medicinal herb garden is part of the project of the Center for Traditional Medicine that is in the planning stage. Thus, it is worth pointing out that urucum is a raw material used by the …

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nov 16 2022abril 10, 2023

Jackson Wild Film Fetival

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Jackson Wild Film Festival The chief Juma Xipaia traveled to Austria at the end of September at Jackson Wild’s Film Festival invitation. On the first day of the trip she participated in a lunch, offered by the St. Martins Therme Lodge. During lunch, she moved everyone with her speech about the current situation in the …

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set 5 2022setembro 5, 2022

September 5: Amazon Day

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September 5: Amazon Day The Amazon Day was established by the federal law n° 11.621 of 2007, and has been “celebrated” since 2008, on September 5th, as it coincides with the creation of the Province of Amazonas in 1850 by D. Pedro II. Therefore, the true meaning of remembering this day is to raise awareness …

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ago 15 2022janeiro 26, 2023

IX ENEI

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IX National Meeting of Indigenous Students The National Meeting of Indigenous Students (ENEI) held its 9th edition with the theme “Ancestrality and Contemporaneity”, in the week of July 26 to 29, 2022, being hosted at the State University of Campinas – SP; the event covered approximately 2 thousand indigenous students from all 5 regions of …

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jul 28 2022janeiro 26, 2023

Juma Institute in Austria

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Juma Institute in Austria: Erdgespräche Event and visit to the Presidential Palace On April 20, 2022, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and his wife Doris Schmidauer received chieftain Juma Xipaia at his presidential palace in Vienna to talk about the crisis in the Amazon. Juma was very well received and was able to talk …

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