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Collected Item: “Yanomami want miners out of their lands to prevent spread of COVID-19”

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Yanomami want miner's out of their lands to prevent spread of COVID-19

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website, video

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"The most well-known Yanomami shaman and leader, Davi Kopenawa, with French anthropologist Bruce Albert. Inspired by his words and teaching, Ye'kwana Leadership Forum produced the film "The Shaman’s Message", to bring the #MinersOutCovidOut​ campaign to the world. The campaign calls for the immediate removal of illegal miners who are active in the Yanomami Territory, destroying the forest and rivers, bringing violence and now COVID-19 with them into the communities."

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ASU, HST580, IndigenousPOV, petition, #MinersOutCovidOut, Yanomami, Xawara, Yanomami Leadership Forum, Amazon, Venezuela, Brazil, Amazonas

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https://www.minersoutcovidout.org/

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Yanomami and Ye’kwana Leadership Forum, Hutukara Yanomami Association (HAY), Wanasseduume Ye'kwana Association (SEDUUME), Kumirayoma Yanomami Women’s Association (AMYK) Texoli Ninam Association of Roraima State (TANER) and the Yanomami Association of the River Cauaburis and Affluents (AYRCA); Instituto Socioambiental

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2020
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