Genetic continuity and change among the Indigenous peoples of California.

Before the colonial period, California harboured more language variation than all of Europe, and linguistic and archaeological analyses have led to many hypotheses to explain this diversity1. We report genome-wide data from 79 ancient individuals from California and 40 ancient individuals from Northern Mexico dating to 7,400-200 years before present (BP). Our analyses document long-term genetic continuity between people living on the Northern Channel Islands of California and the adjacent Santa Barbara mainland coast from 7,400 years BP to modern Chumash groups represented by individuals who lived around 200 years BP. The distinctive genetic lineages that characterize present-day and ancient people from Northwest Mexico increased in frequency in Southern and Central California by 5,200 years BP, providing evidence for northward migrations that are candidates for spreading Uto-Aztecan languages before the dispersal of maize agriculture from Mexico2-4. Individuals from Baja California share more alleles with the earliest individual from Central California in the dataset than with later individuals from Central California, potentially reflecting an earlier linguistic substrate, whose impact on local ancestry was diluted by later migrations from inland regions1,5. After 1,600 years BP, ancient individuals from the Channel Islands lived in communities with effective sizes similar to those in pre-agricultural Caribbean and Patagonia, and smaller than those on the California mainland and in sampled regions of Mexico.

The Kokel of Southern Siberia: New data on a post-Xiongnu material culture.

From the end of the Xiongnu Empire to the establishment of the first Turkic Khaganate, the territory of Southern Siberia sees the emergence of distinctive local material cultures. The Kokel culture is essentially unknown in the international English-language literature even though archaeological sites pertaining to this material culture are among the most common in Tuva (Southern Siberia). This makes them important for the understanding aspects of the sociocultural dynamics following the collapse of the first "steppe empire". Here we present the results of the study of a Kokel funerary site recently excavated near the Early Iron Age kurgan Tunnug 1 and discuss the data in the context of the available Soviet and Russian literature. The Kokel culture substantially differs from the material culture of the Xiongnu and has to be seen as a largely independent cultural entity of small tribal groups without a pronounced social hierarchy engaging in frequent violent local conflict.

Non-Indigenous Canadians' and Americans' moral expectations of Indigenous peoples in light of the negative impacts of the Indian Residential Schools.

The historical trauma associated with the Indian Residential School (IRS) system was recently brought to the awareness of the Canadian public. Two studies investigated how the salience of this collective victimization impacted non-Indigenous Canadians' expectations that Indigenous peoples ought to derive psychological benefits (e.g., learned to appreciate life) and be morally obligated to help others. Study 1 found that modern racism was related to perceptions that Indigenous peoples psychologically benefitted from the IRS experience, which in turn, predicted greater expectations of moral obligation. Study 2 replicated the relations among racism, benefit finding, and moral obligation among non-Indigenous Canadians (historical perpetrators of the harm done) and Americans (third-party observers). Americans were uniquely responsive to a portrayal of Indigenous peoples in Canada as strong versus vulnerable. Factors that distance observers from the victim (such as racism or third-party status) appear to influence perceptions of finding benefit in victimization experiences and expectations of moral obligation.

People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years.

Archaeological and paleoecological evidence shows that by 10,000 BCE, all human societies employed varying degrees of ecologically transformative land use practices, including burning, hunting, species propagation, domestication, cultivation, and others that have left long-term legacies across the terrestrial biosphere. Yet, a lingering paradigm among natural scientists, conservationists, and policymakers is that human transformation of terrestrial nature is mostly recent and inherently destructive. Here, we use the most up-to-date, spatially explicit global reconstruction of historical human populations and land use to show that this paradigm is likely wrong. Even 12,000 y ago, nearly three quarters of Earth's land was inhabited and therefore shaped by human societies, including more than 95% of temperate and 90% of tropical woodlands. Lands now characterized as "natural," "intact," and "wild" generally exhibit long histories of use, as do protected areas and Indigenous lands, and current global patterns of vertebrate species richness and key biodiversity areas are more strongly associated with past patterns of land use than with present ones in regional landscapes now characterized as natural. The current biodiversity crisis can seldom be explained by the loss of uninhabited wildlands, resulting instead from the appropriation, colonization, and intensifying use of the biodiverse cultural landscapes long shaped and sustained by prior societies. Recognizing this deep cultural connection with biodiversity will therefore be essential to resolve the crisis.

Widespread reforestation before European influence on Amazonia.

An estimated 90 to 95% of Indigenous people in Amazonia died after European contact. This population collapse is postulated to have caused decreases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at around 1610 CE, as a result of a wave of land abandonment in the wake of disease, slavery, and warfare, whereby the attendant reversion to forest substantially increased terrestrial carbon sequestration. On the basis of 39 Amazonian fossil pollen records, we show that there was no synchronous reforestation event associated with such an atmospheric carbon dioxide response after European arrival in Amazonia. Instead, we find that, at most sites, land abandonment and forest regrowth began about 300 to 600 years before European arrival. Pre-European pandemics, social strife, or environmental change may have contributed to these early site abandonments and ecological shifts.

From settlements to the botanical garden: the appropriation of plants used by indigenous peoples in the captaincy of Guayases, 1772-1806. / Dos aldeamentos ao horto botânico: a apropriação de plantas de uso indígena na capitania de Guayases, 1772-1806.

The article intends to contribute to the history of science, indigenous history and the history of Portuguese America. We begin with the methodological assumptions of Dominique Pestre and the historiography on Portuguese America to investigate a network of indigenous settlements, the work of civil servants with naturalist knowledge, the shipment of botanical species for analysis in Portugal and, finally, the foundation of a botanical garden in the captaincy of Guayases (Goiás) from 1772 to 1806. We describe the indigenous contribution to the construction of natural history knowledge, and discuss the influence of Enlightenment concepts on the reform of the Portuguese colonial system in the captaincy based on Portuguese administrative documentation, letters and study of the application of laws and instructions.

O artigo pretende contribuir com a história das ciências, a história indígena e a história da América portuguesa. Parte-se dos pressupostos metodológicos de Dominique Pestre e da historiografia sobre a América portuguesa para interrogar a existência de uma rede de aldeamentos indígenas, a atuação de funcionários com saberes naturalistas, o envio de espécies botânicas para análise em Portugal e, por fim, a fundação de um horto botânico na capitania de Guayases (Goiás) entre 1772 e 1806. Apresenta-se a contribuição indígena na construção dos conhecimentos da história natural e discutem-se as influências de concepções da Ilustração na reforma do sistema colonial português na capitania a partir de documentação administrativa portuguesa, cartas e do estudo da aplicação de leis e instruções.

Dos aldeamentos ao horto botânico: a apropriação de plantas de uso indígena na capitania de Guayases, 1772-1806 / From settlements to the botanical garden: the appropriation of plants used by indigenous peoples in the captaincy of Guayases, 1772-1806

Resumo O artigo pretende contribuir com a história das ciências, a história indígena e a história da América portuguesa. Parte-se dos pressupostos metodológicos de Dominique Pestre e da historiografia sobre a América portuguesa para interrogar a existência de uma rede de aldeamentos indígenas, a atuação de funcionários com saberes naturalistas, o envio de espécies botânicas para análise em Portugal e, por fim, a fundação de um horto botânico na capitania de Guayases (Goiás) entre 1772 e 1806. Apresenta-se a contribuição indígena na construção dos conhecimentos da história natural e discutem-se as influências de concepções da Ilustração na reforma do sistema colonial português na capitania a partir de documentação administrativa portuguesa, cartas e do estudo da aplicação de leis e instruções.

Abstract The article intends to contribute to the history of science, indigenous history and the history of Portuguese America. We begin with the methodological assumptions of Dominique Pestre and the historiography on Portuguese America to investigate a network of indigenous settlements, the work of civil servants with naturalist knowledge, the shipment of botanical species for analysis in Portugal and, finally, the foundation of a botanical garden in the captaincy of Guayases (Goiás) from 1772 to 1806. We describe the indigenous contribution to the construction of natural history knowledge, and discuss the influence of Enlightenment concepts on the reform of the Portuguese colonial system in the captaincy based on Portuguese administrative documentation, letters and study of the application of laws and instructions.

Povos indígenas no Brasil e a descolonização da psicologia / Indigenous people in Brazil and the decolonization of psychology / Los pueblos indígenas en Brasil y la descolonización de la psicología

Resumo Apesar do incremento de estudos e discussões sobre os povos indígenas no Brasil, a relação da Psicologia, enquanto ciência e profissão, com a temática ainda é pouco abordada nos cursos de graduação e pós-graduação e nas produções acadêmicas. Com o propósito de realizar um balanço sobre a aproximação da produção do conhecimento em Psicologia com a temática indígena, este ensaio buscará apresentar as principais categorias teóricas e analíticas que possam contribuir com o diálogo entre esses dois campos. O método tomou como base a revisão integrativa, em que primeiramente destacamos as principais contribuições teóricas e analíticas acerca da produção acadêmica brasileira sobre os povos indígenas para, em seguida, situarmos a produção científica da Psicologia sobre o tema no Brasil. Ao final, sinalizamos para a importância de se construir um recorte crítico capaz de fortalecer a Psicologia nos estudos sobre os povos indígenas. Também destacamos os estudos pós-coloniais e decoloniais críticos ao eurocentrismo enquanto organizador e regulador da visão de mundo, da história e da concepção de ser humano.(AU)

Abstract Despite the increase in studies and discussions about indigenous peoples in Brazil, the relationship between psychology, as a science and profession, and the subject is still little addressed in undergraduate/postgraduate courses and academic productions. Aiming to assess the approximation of the production of knowledge in Psychology with the indigenous theme, this essay will present the main theoretical and analytical categories that can contribute to the dialogue between these two fields. To this end, this study comprises an integrative review that both highlights the main theoretical and analytical contributions of the Brazilian literature on indigenous peoples and situates the Brazilian scientific production in Psychology on the theme. This research signals the importance of building a critical cutout capable of strengthening Psychology in studies addressing indigenous peoples, stressing post-colonial and decolonial studies criticizing the role of Eurocentrism as an organizer and regulator of worldview, history, and the conception of the human being.(AU)

Resumen A pesar del aumento de los estudios y debates sobre los pueblos indígenas en Brasil, la relación entre la psicología, como ciencia y profesión, y el tema sigue siendo poco abordado en los cursos de grado y posgrado y en las producciones académicas. Con el propósito de hacer un balance sobre la aproximación de la producción de conocimiento en Psicología con el tema indígena, este ensayo se propone presentar las principales categorías teóricas y analíticas que pueden contribuir al diálogo entre estos dos campos. El método se basó en una revisión integradora en la que, en primer lugar, destacamos las principales contribuciones teóricas y analíticas acerca de la producción académica brasileña sobre los pueblos indígenas y, a continuación, situamos la producción científica de la Psicología en Brasil sobre el tema. Al final, señalamos la importancia de construir un recorte crítico capaz de fortalecer la psicología en los estudios sobre los pueblos indígenas. En esta ocasión, destacamos los estudios críticos postcoloniales y decoloniales del eurocentrismo mientras organizador y regulador de la visión del mundo, la historia y la concepción del ser humano.(AU)

"The barbarous glebes of Central Brazil:" the hinterlands of Mato Grosso and Goiás in the travel narratives of Hermano Ribeiro da Silva, 1935-1936. / "As glebas bárbaras do Brasil Central": os sertões de Mato Grosso e Goiás nas narrativas de viagem de Hermano Ribeiro da Silva, 1935-1936.

The article analyzes the travel narratives to the hinterlands of the states of Mato Grosso and Goiás published in 1935 and 1936 by the São Paulo-based explorer Hermano Ribeiro da Silva, which proved a great publishing success and had a considerable impact on lettered society in Brazil. The analysis focuses on his ideas about the relationship between the environment in Central Brazil and the man who inhabited it, the potential economic exploitation of the region, and the role of the State in orchestrating initiatives capable of promoting its effective incorporation into the nationhood. It also seeks to understand how he grounded his discourse on generic scientific concepts and schemas endowed with rhetorical and argumentative power.

O artigo analisa as narrativas de viagem ao interior de Mato Grosso e Goiás publicadas em 1935 e 1936 pelo explorador paulista Hermano Ribeiro da Silva, que obtiveram considerável sucesso editorial e impacto no meio letrado brasileiro. Concentramo-nos em suas ideias sobre a relação entre o ambiente do Brasil Central e o homem sertanejo, sobre as potencialidades de exploração econômica da região e sobre o papel do Estado na condução de iniciativas capazes de promover sua incorporação efetiva à nacionalidade. Buscamos também compreender a fundamentação de seu discurso em conceitos e esquemas científicos genéricos dotados de poder retórico e argumentativo.

From gorse to ngahere: an emerging allegory for decolonising the New Zealand health system.

Prior to colonisation, Maori had a well-developed holistic health system based on maintaining balance between people, place and spirit. The colonial imposition of British economic, religious, educational, legal, health and governance, through warfare, immigration, legislation and social coercion had a devastating effect on Maori health outcomes. With the release of the WAI 2575 Waitangi Tribunal report exposing the failings of our health system in relation to Maori health, the need to decolonise our health system becomes more pressing. A key difficulty in this work is the poverty of transformative language, concepts and frameworks in our workforce. This paper is the product of an anti-racism think tank that occurred in April 2019. While working through a system change analysis on our colonial health system, Maori and Tauiwi activists and scholars created an allegory-from gorse to ngahere. The allegory depicts the ongoing impact of the colonial health system as represented by gorse, and the possibilities of a decolonised health system represented by ngahere-a self-sustaining and flourishing native forest. Racism has a geographic specificity. The allegory we developed is a mechanism for conceptualising decolonisation for the context of Aotearoa. It serves to reinforce the different roles and responsibilities of the descendants of the colonisers and the colonised in the pursuit of decolonisation.

"As glebas bárbaras do Brasil Central": os sertões de Mato Grosso e Goiás nas narrativas de viagem de Hermano Ribeiro da Silva, 1935-1936 / "The barbarous glebes of Central Brazil: " the hinterlands of Mato Grosso and Goiás in the travel narratives of Hermano Ribeiro da Silva, 1935-1936

Resumo O artigo analisa as narrativas de viagem ao interior de Mato Grosso e Goiás publicadas em 1935 e 1936 pelo explorador paulista Hermano Ribeiro da Silva, que obtiveram considerável sucesso editorial e impacto no meio letrado brasileiro. Concentramo-nos em suas ideias sobre a relação entre o ambiente do Brasil Central e o homem sertanejo, sobre as potencialidades de exploração econômica da região e sobre o papel do Estado na condução de iniciativas capazes de promover sua incorporação efetiva à nacionalidade. Buscamos também compreender a fundamentação de seu discurso em conceitos e esquemas científicos genéricos dotados de poder retórico e argumentativo.

Abstract The article analyzes the travel narratives to the hinterlands of the states of Mato Grosso and Goiás published in 1935 and 1936 by the São Paulo-based explorer Hermano Ribeiro da Silva, which proved a great publishing success and had a considerable impact on lettered society in Brazil. The analysis focuses on his ideas about the relationship between the environment in Central Brazil and the man who inhabited it, the potential economic exploitation of the region, and the role of the State in orchestrating initiatives capable of promoting its effective incorporation into the nationhood. It also seeks to understand how he grounded his discourse on generic scientific concepts and schemas endowed with rhetorical and argumentative power.

Fragmentos históricos do índio como trabalhador rural na Psicologia do Trabalho de meados do século XX / Historical fragments of the Indian as a rural worker in Work Psychology in the mid-twentieth century / Fragmentos históricos del indio como trabajador rural en la Psicología del Trabajo a mediados del siglo XX

Situado no campo da História da Psicologia, o objetivo deste artigo consiste em analisar a contribuição do periódico Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicotécnica (posteriormente denominado Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia Aplicada e Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia) para o estudo da temática dos povos indígenas, dado particularmente relevante no cenário historiográfico que tende a definir o ano de 2004 como ponto de partida nas relações entre a Psicologia e o estudo dos índios brasileiros. Nesse sentido, a partir de levantamento feito nos números publicados de 1949 (ano de criação da revista) até 1968, foram analisados quatro artigos que tratavam de questões relativas aos povos indígenas, em um contexto que permitiu investigar a caracterização do índio, pelo Serviço de Proteção aos Índios (SPI), como trabalhador rural; sob a perspectiva do Instituto de Seleção e Orientação Profissional (ISOP), instituição que é considerada como emblemática no campo da História da Psicologia do Trabalho

The objective of this article, about History of Psychology, is to analyze the contribution of the journal Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicotécnica (later called Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia Aplicada and Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia) to the study of the theme of indigenous peoples, because there are particularly relevant data in the historiographical scenario that tend to define the year 2004 as a starting point in the relations between Psychology and the study of Brazilian Indians. In this sense, from a survey carried out in the published issues from 1949 (year of creation of the journal) until 1968, four articles were analyzed. At that historical moment, the Indian was characterized by the Indian Protection Service (SPI) as a rural worker, and this article investigates the issue from the perspective of the Institute for Selection and Professional Guidance (ISOP), an institution that is considered to be emblematic in the field of the History of Work Psychology

Ubicado en el campo de la Historia de la Psicología, el objetivo de este artículo es analizar la contribución de la revista Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicotecnia (más tarde llamados Archivos Brasileños de Psicología Aplicada y Archivos Brasileños de Psicología) para estudiar el tema de los pueblos indígenas, particularmente relevante en escenario historiográfico que tiende a definir 2004 como un punto de partida en las relaciones entre la psicología y el estudio de los indios brasileños. En este sentido, a partir de una encuesta realizada en los números publicados desde 1949 (año de creación de la revista) hasta 1968, se analizaron cuatro artículos que tratan temas relacionados con los pueblos indígenas, en un contexto que permitió la investigación de la caracterización del indio por parte del Servicio de Protección Indígena (SPI) como trabajador rural; desde la perspectiva del Instituto de Selección y Orientación Profesional (ISOP), una institución que se considera emblemática en el campo de la Historia de la Psicología del Trabajo

Karyotyping and population genetics in Cold War Mexico: Armendares's and Lisker's characterization of child and indigenous populations, 1960s-1980s.

This paper focuses on geneticists Salvador Armendares's and Rubén Lisker's studies from the 1960s to the 1980s, to explore how their work fits into the post-1945 human biological studies, and also how the populations they studied, child and indigenous, can be considered laboratories of knowledge production. This paper describes how populations were considered for different purposes: scientific inquiry, standardization of medical practices, and production or application of medicines. Through the narrative of the different trajectories and collaborations between Armendares and Lisker, this paper also attempts to show the contact of their scientific practices, which brought cytogenetics and population genetics together at the local and global levels from a transnational perspective.

Karyotyping and population genetics in Cold War Mexico: Armendares's and Lisker's characterization of child and indigenous populations, 1960s-1980s / Cariotipia e genética de populações no México da Guerra Fria: as caracterizações de Armendares e Lisker sobre as populações infantil e indígena, 1960-1980

Abstract This paper focuses on geneticists Salvador Armendares's and Rubén Lisker's studies from the 1960s to the 1980s, to explore how their work fits into the post-1945 human biological studies, and also how the populations they studied, child and indigenous, can be considered laboratories of knowledge production. This paper describes how populations were considered for different purposes: scientific inquiry, standardization of medical practices, and production or application of medicines. Through the narrative of the different trajectories and collaborations between Armendares and Lisker, this paper also attempts to show the contact of their scientific practices, which brought cytogenetics and population genetics together at the local and global levels from a transnational perspective.

Resumo Aborda o trabalho dos geneticistas Salvador Armendares e Rubén Lisker, entre 1960 e 1980, para analisar como se insere nos estudos biológicos humanos do pós-1945, e demonstra como as populações estudadas por eles, a infantil e a indígena, podem ser consideradas laboratórios de produção de conhecimento. O artigo revela como as populações foram consideradas para diversos propósitos: investigação científica, padronização das práticas médicas e produção ou aplicação de suas medicinas. Por meio da narrativa das diferentes trajetórias e colaborações entre Armendares e Lisker, também procura discutir o contato de suas práticas científicas, que colocaram a citogenética e a genética de populações lado a lado nos níveis local e global a partir de uma perspectiva transnacional.

Otras prácticas de crianza en algunas culturas étnicas de colombia: 1 un diálogo intercultural / Alternate rearing practices in some ethnic cultures in colombia: an intercultural dialog

En el presente artículo se opta por construir una ruta descriptiva de análisis que permitiera poner en consideración el concepto de “Pautas de Crianza” y su contenido, puesto que para hablar de prácticas de crianza alternas, es decir, de los grupos indígenas y afro, es preciso aclarar que en aras del eurocentrismo se han privilegiado los saberes de la ciencia occidental moderna y se han excluido los saberes creados y reproducidos en el interior de los grupos étnicos mencionados, olvidando que también forman parte del dogma de los saberes válidos. Por lo tanto, para comprender la riqueza de otras formas de conocimiento y/o hacer una decolonialidad del saber, es necesario conocer y respetar las cosmovisiones de las voces acalladas, ya que sus discursos han sido subalternizados y/o mediatizados por otros sin permitirles darlos a conocer desde su propia voz, desde sus lugares epistémicos, éticos y políticos. Entonces, la idea es complementar la episteme occidental con otras epistemes.

In this article, the authors opt for building a descriptive route of analysis dealing with the concept of "Rearing guidelines" and its content, since in order to talk about alternate rearing practices, that is to say, relating to indigenous and afro groups, it is necessary to clarify that in the interest of Eurocentrism, the knowledge of modern Western science has been privileged, and the created and reproduced knowledge by the aforementioned groups has been excluded, forgetting that they are also part of the dogma of valid knowledge. Therefore, in order to understand the wealth of others forms of knowledge and/or decolonization of knowledge, it is necessary to know and to respect the worldviews of the silenced voices, since their speeches have been subordinated and/or mediatized by others without allowing them to make them known from their own voice, from its epistemic, ethical, and political places. Then, the idea is to supplement the Western episteme with other episteme.

Saberes ancestrales: para preservar el bienestar y la armonía en las comunidades indígenas: diagnóstico de la medicina tradicional,base de identidad de los pueblos indígenas del Pacífico, Centro y Norte de Nicaragua / Ancestral knowledge: to preserve well-being and harmony in the indigenous communities: diagnosis of traditional medicine, the basis of identity of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific, Central and Northern Nicaragua

La diversidad humana y las particularidades de actuaciones y comportamientos, a veces impredecibles, de una comunidad constituyen aspectos importantes de la riqueza de la sociedad, tanto en lo individual como en su convivir social. La riqueza del ser humano desde el punto de vista individual ha sido estudiada ampliamente por los psicólogos y psiquiatras, sus resultados se han descrito en múltiples publicaciones sobre la psicología humana.