Matsés Complete Historic First Mapping of 3.7 Million Acres of Ancestral Lands and Launch Major New Initiative for Indigenous Empowerment! Continue reading »
December 2019 Field Report – Matsés complete mapping of their ancestral territories in Peru
Posts Categorized: Indigenous Peoples
July 2019 Field Report – Transmitting ancestral practices and generating economic opportunities
An interview with Xapiri profiling our extraordinary partnership project that is creating much needed economic opportunities for the Matsés! Continue reading »
October 2018 Field Report – Preserving traditional ecological knowledge through supporting literacy
Matsés indigenous authors complete eight illustrated readers designed to support native language literacy and pass down traditional rainforest knowledge! Continue reading »
June 2017 Field Update – Advancing the Matsés Indigenous Mapping Initiative
The Matsés indigenous people complete mapping of their headwaters in the landmark initiative to demarcate and protect their ancestral lands in the Peruvian Amazon Continue reading »
February 2017 Field Report – 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 »