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 »
June 2017 Field Update
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 »
December 2016 Field Update
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 »
June 2016 Field Update
Major developments in the Matsés Indigenous Mapping Initiative, Healing Forest Medicinal Agroforestry and more! Table of Contents An Inauspicious Start Transparency: Questions and Answers Matsés Traditional Medicine Encyclopedia Matsés Indigenous Mapping Initiative Healing Forests: Medicinal Agroforestry Finding Unity Epilogue Donate Today Two elder shamans and Encyclopedia authors incapacitated by snakebite in advance of inter-village meeting […] 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 »