Matsés indigenous authors complete eight illustrated readers designed to transmit traditional ecological knowledge and support native language literacy! Continue reading »
Posts Categorized: Field Updates
November 2017 Field Update – Second volume of Traditional Medicine Encyclopedia, Healing Forests, launch of Advanced Apprenticeship Program
Matsés indigenous people complete Volume II of historic Traditional Medicine Encyclopedia, Healing Forests, Launch of Advanced Apprentice Program and more! Continue reading »
June 2017 Field Update – Advancing the Matsés Indigenous Mapping Initiative
Advancing the Matsés Indigenous Mapping Initiative, the Matsés complete mapping of the headwaters as they work intensively to demarcate, for the first time, their entire ancestral lands in Peru! Continue reading »
February 2017 Field Report – Advancing education with publication of an innovative reader to support literacy
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 »
December 2016 Field Update – Launch of the Matsés Comprehensive Herpetological Inventory, traditional handicraft initiative and more
We are proud to announce the launch of two very exciting new initiatives, the Matsés Comprehensive Herpetological Inventory and Uitsun Traditional Handicraft Project! Read on to learn more! Continue reading »