In this episode, we speak with Miguel Aparício about the Suruwaha, a recently contacted Indigenous people who live in the Purus River basin of the Amazon. Miguel explains what is meant by uncontacted peoples and peoples of recent contact, explores why some Indigenous groups choose to remain isolated today, and discusses the challenges they face in their relationship with wider society and the Brazilian state.
This is the first of two episodes dedicated to the Suruwaha, a people with whom Miguel has lived and worked for nearly thirty years.
Miguel is an anthropologist and also works as an indigenist. He holds a PhD from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, is a Professor at the Federal University of Western Pará and a researcher at the National Institute for Amazonian Research.
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Keywords: Voluntary Isolation; Indigenous Genocide; Indigenous Policies; Changes Contact Policies
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Photos: Gleilson Miranda / Government of the State of the Acre
