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Collected Item: “An Open Letter from Indigenous Peoples to Indigenous Peoples in Brazil on Surviving COVID-19”

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An Open Letter from Indigenous Peoples to Indigenous Peoples in Brazil on Surviving COVID-19

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text, image, website

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This entry shares an open letter titled "Indigenous Peoples to Indigenous Peoples in Brazil." The letter includes artwork of Indigenous artists, to encourage, uplift, support, educate, and communicate about solidarity and strength of Indigenous communities. The open letter includes historical information, words on Acts of Resistance, and Acts of Healing. The webpage and downloadable letter/PDF are available in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. This is important to capture because it is created by Indigenous Peoples for Indigenous Peoples, shared publicly via the Internet.
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/una-carta-abierta-de-los-pueblos-indigenas-del-norte-los-pueblos-indigenas-de-brasil-sobre
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/carta-aberta-dos-povos-indigenas-do-grande-norte-aos-povos-indigenas-no-brasil-sobre-o-covid
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/carta-aberta-dos-povos-indigenas-do-grande-norte-aos-povos-indigenas-no-brasil-sobre-o-covid

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Indigenous communities, Indigenous voices, HST580, Arizona State University, identity, solidarity, Brazil, healing

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https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/open-letter-indigenous-peoples-indigenous-peoples-brazil-surviving-covid-19

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Eliane Potiguara, Michael Yellow Bird, Lianna Costantino, Jim Wikel, Renda Dionne Madrigal, Laura Rea Graham, Edson Krenak, and Cultural Survival

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2021-01-07
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