Acaté and Matsés develop first dictionary phone app for an Amazonian indigenous language in initiative to support native language literacy! Continue reading »
June 2020 Field Report
Posts By: David Fleck
October 2018 Field Report
Matsés indigenous authors complete eight illustrated readers designed to support native language literacy and pass down traditional rainforest knowledge! Continue reading »
February 2017 Field Report
Acaté Field Coordinator Dr. David Fleck reports on the publication by Acaté of a reader designed to support native language literacy for the Matsés people Continue reading »
February 2016 Field Report
Preserving Matsés Agricultural Heritage The Matsés people of the Amazon are master farmers. Worldwide, inestimable indigenous agricultural knowledge has been lost in the process of acculturation. Forgotten often before it is realized what has been lost, the insidious erosion of traditional farming is a well paved path leading to weakened resiliency, increased dependence on outside […] Continue reading »
November 2015 Field Report
Small scale agriculture is one of the most important, yet least addressed, drivers of deforestation in the tropics today. In our Sustainable Agriculture Program, Acaté partners with expert Matsés farmers to develop innovative approaches to restore devitalized and eroded lands to abundance. Slash and burn agriculture, once superbly fitted in skilled hands to semi-nomadic existence, […] Continue reading »