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Men generally initiate this violence, and women are often victims of physical abuse and anger. When Yanomami warriors fight and raid nearby communities, women are often raped, beaten, and brought back to their captors' shabono to be kept as prisoners. Although capturing women is not the focus for these raids, it is seen as a secondary benefit. [16]
The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry. Legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or Alaskan village. These entities establish their own membership rules, and they vary. Each must be understood independently. Ethnologically ...
Rainforest Foundation US is a non-profit NGO working in Central and South America. It is one of the first international organizations to support the indigenous peoples of the world's rainforests in their efforts to protect their environment and fulfill their rights to land, life and livelihood.
Following a tradition among Indigenous Brazilians, he was registered with his tribe father’s name as his surname. But when he was 15 years old, he went to Brazil’s Indigenous bureau, Funai ...
The Indigenous Women's Network (IWN) is a nonprofit organization that provides a platform for Indigenous women in the Western Hemisphere. [1] The organization was founded in 1985. [ 2 ] IWN focuses on Native women, their families and communities and attempts to help them have sovereignty over themselves and their environment. [ 3 ]
Women in Native American communities have been producing art intertwined with spirituality, life, and beauty for centuries. Women have worked to produce traditional art, passing these crafts down generation by generation, as well as contemporary art in the form of photography, printmaking, and performance art. [1]
Women indigenous leaders of the Americas (3 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Indigenous women of the Americas" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Women Native American leaders (1 C, 109 P) Pages in category "Women indigenous leaders of the Americas" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.