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Darkness in El Dorado: Position Statements
W. W. Norton (Publisher of Darkness in El Dorado)
University of California, Santa Barbara (Chagnon)
University of Michigan (Neel)
- Update Regarding "Darkness in Eldorado" - May 29, 2001
- Letter to the National Book Foundation - November 3, 2000
- Updated Statement by the University of Michigan - Three part response on the e-mail discussion regarding the book, "Darkness in El Dorado," by Patrick Tierney, forthcoming from W.W. Norton & Co.
- The University of Michigan Statement regarding the book, "Darkness in El Dorado" September 27, 2000
- The University of Michigan Statement regarding the book, "Darkness in El Dorado" October 31, 2000
- Following is a statement from University of Michigan Provost Nancy Cantor on the book, "Darkness in El Dorado," by Patrick Tierney, published by W.W. Norton & Co. The supporting research was conducted by the offices of the Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, Vice President for Research, and General Counsel, and by the Medical School and Department of Anthropology. November13, 2000
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The University of Michigan Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History three part colloquium series, "Science -- Ethics -- Power: Controversy Over the Production of Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples"
American Anthropological Association
- Working Papers of the American Anthropological Association El Dorado Task Force
- Letter of Resignation from El Dorado Task Force by Raymond Hames
- A Response to Kent V. Flannery and Other Partisans, Leslie E Sponsel
- Media Release: Yanomami People Face Risks - December 12, 2001
- The Yanomami of Venezuela: New Findings and Concerns - December 12, 2001
- The Yanomami of Brazil: Human Rights Update - December 12, 2001
- AAA Ethics Homepage
- Preliminary Report of the AAA El Dorado Task Force, November 19, 2001
- El Dorado Interim Report/Request for Information - AAA email (May 25, 2001)
- American Anthropological Association Statement - on Allegations made in the book Darkness in El Dorado
- The American Anthropological Association Executive Board Has Resolved to Take the Following Actions on Allegations Made in Darkness in El Dorado
- American Anthropological Association Darkness in El Dorado Controversy - Questions and Answers
- Report of the Special Commission to Investigate the Situation of the Brazilian Yanomami
- Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association, Approved June 1998
- Brazil's Giant Step Backward on Indigenous Rights - The Threat to the Natural Environment and Rights of Indigenous Peoples Posed by Brazilian Presidential Decree 1775
- New Life for the Yanomami: Association Plays Key Role in Major Shift in Brazilian Policy - by Terry Turner, Chair, Special AAA Commission to Investigate the Situation of the Brazilian Yanomami
- American Anthropological Association Executive Board motion on inquiry regarding Darkness in El Dorado
- AAA Committee for Human Rights: Annual Report Year 2000
- Media Advisory, El Dorado Task Force Releases its Final Report
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Final Report of the AAA El Dorado Task Force, May 18, 2002
- American Anthropological Association: Referendum on Darkness in El Dorado & Danger to Immunization Campaign (adopted November 2003)
- American Anthropological Association: Comments on the Referendum to Rescind The El Dorado Task Force Report
- American Anthropological Association: Referendum to Rescind The El Dorado Task Force Report
- AAA Rescinds Acceptance of the El Dorado Report American Anthropological Association, 2002
- American Anthropological Association Executive Board Rescinds Acceptance of El Dorado Task Force Report American Anthropological Association, September 14, 2005
- El Dorado Task Force Releases its Final Report American Anthropological Association, July 2, 2002
International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES)
- Commentary on "Darkness in Eldorado" By Patrick Tierney - This is a summary of a report that is posted in full on the IGES website (www.genepi.org) and sent to relevant professional societies, completing the investigation foreseen in the Society’s resolution previously published [Genetic Epidemiology, 2000; 19(4):i-ii]. (February 9, 2001)
- Resolution concerning JV Neel - Passed unanimously by the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES). This resolution will appears in the November issue of Genetic Epidemiology
National Academy of Sciences
Office of Indigenous Affairs of Venezuela (DAI)
Brazilian Anthropological Association
Cultural Survival
Federal University of Rio De Janeiro
Survival International
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas
Society for Visual Anthropology
Center for Latin American Studies & University of Pittsburgh
Pró-Yanomami (Yanomami Online)
- A huge resource of information including articles by Alcida Ramos, Bruce Albert, Davi Kopenawa Yanomami and more.
Urihi - Saúde Yanomami
- A resource for information about Yanomami health.
Survival International
- Information concerning indigenous peoples.
Public Anthropology: Ethics Initiative
- A "Summary of the El Dorado Task Force Report and Key Commentaries That are Critical of It", "Five Easy Steps to Participate in the Discussion for Faculty and Students", "A List of Schools Already Committed to Having Their Students Participate in This Ethics Initiative", "The Intellectual Rationale Behind This Ethics Initiative" and "The Fall Follow-Up to This Initiative".
- Main Index/Home Page [link dead]
- A statement by Kim Hill of the University of New Mexico, University of Santa Barbara, Psychology Department
- 2/27/02 Commentary by Juan J. R. Villarías-Robles, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Madrid
- 3/2/02 Commentary by Bruce Albert, Research Institute for Development (IRD)
- 3/7/02 Commentary by Gale Goodwin Gomez, Department of Anthropology, Rhode Island College
- 3/10/02 Commentary by Jean Jackson, Department of Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 3/10/02 Commentary by Catherine V. Howard, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Gettysburg College
- 3/12/02 Commentary by Les E. Sponsel, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii
- 3/20/02 Commentary by Terry Turner, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
- 3/20/02 Commentary by R. Brian Ferguson, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University
- 3/21/02 Commentary by Lêda Leitão Martins, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
- 4/9/02 Commentary #2 by Bruce Albert, Research Institute for Development (IRD)
- 4/12/02 Commentary by Manuela Carneiro da Cunha, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago
- 4/12/02 Commentary #2 by Les E. Sponsel, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii
- 4/15/02 Commentary by Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, Watoriki/T.I. Yanomami, Brazil
- 4/15/02 Commentary by Barbara R. Johnston, Center for Political Ecology, Santa Cruz
- 4/16/02 Commentary by Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Department of Anthropology, Rhode Island College
- 4/17/02 Commentary #3 by Les E.\ Sponsel, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii
- 4/19/02 Commentary by Kenneth Good, Department of Sociology, New Jersey City University
- 4/19/02 Commentary #2 by Kenneth Good, Department of Sociology, New Jersey City University
- 4/19/02 Commentary #4 by Les E. Sponsel, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii
- 4/19/02 Commentary by John Frechione, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh
- 4/19/02 Commentary by Molly Stevenson, San Diego State University
- 4/19/02 Commentary #2 by Terence Turner, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
- 4/19/02 Commentary #3 by Kenneth Good, Department of Sociology, New Jersey City University
- 4/22/02 Commentary #3 by Terence Turner, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
- 4/24/02 Commentary #5 by Leslie Sponsel, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii
- 5/26/02 Commentary #6 by Leslie Sponsel, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii
- 6/10/02 Commentary #7 by Leslie Sponsel, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii
Individual Statements
- Chagnon Responds to Survival International's Derogatory Claims, Napoleon A. Chagnon
- A Response to Kent V. Flannery and Other Partisans, Leslie E Sponsel
- A Summary of the International Conference: "Tragedy in the Amazon: Yanomami Voices, Academic Controversy and the Ethics of Research" Leslie Sponsel (May 1, 2002)
- Patrick Tierney's "Attack-Dog" Story: A Report on One of Tierney's Many Allegations against Chagnon. Bill Irons (March 3, 2002)
- Darkness in El Dorado by Patrick Tierney: A case of highly selective investigative journalism Jane B. Lancaster
- The Yanomami and the Ethics of Anthropological Practice Terence Turner
- The History Behind the Darkness: A Response to Susan Lindee’s Readings of the Neel Papers John Stevens
- Some Hurried Thoughts about Tim Asch and Patrick Tierney Jay Ruby
- To the AAA Leadership and To Whom It May Concern - Leslie Sponsel (October 25, 2001)
- The Turner-Sponsel Memo - Terry Turner 13 Nov. 2000
- Statement read by Professor A. Magdalena Hurtado at the "Research Among the Yanomami" panel, American Anthropological Association meeting, San Francisco, November 16, 2000 - A. Magdalena Hurtado, Kim Hill, Hillard Kaplan, and Jane Lancaster
- A three-part set of readings on sociobiology and imperialism - Steve Rosenthal
- The epidemiology of infectious diseases among South American Indians: A call for ethical research guidelines - Magdalena Hurtado, Kim Hill, Hillard Kaplan, and Jane Lancaster
- Jeanne's Imaginary of William Holman Hunt's Scapegoat at the AAA - Jeanne Curran
- Comment on Darkness in El Dorado (Revised slightly Dec. 13, 2000) - William Irons
- Getting Out the Real Story - Jane Hill (Anthropology News)
- Sponsel reply to Geertz review - Leslie E. Sponsel
- Summary of a statement made at the open session of the last annual convention of the AAA in San Francisco - Leslie E. Sponsel
- Better to Light a Candle Than Curse the Darkness - Newton E. Morton
- On the Yanomami Crisis in Anthropology - Essay by Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata and Participating Students
- Why I am Not a Cultural Anthropologist, Part I - Nicholas Nicastro
- Why I Am Not a Cultural Anthropologist, Part II - Nicholas Nicastro
- Human Science, Pseudo-Science, and Anthropological Ethics in the Yanomami Controversy, Part I - Terence Turner
- Human Science, Pseudo-Science, and Anthropological Ethics in the Yanomami Controversy, Part II - Terence Turner
- Letter to Professor Louise Lamphere, President of the American Anthropological Association - Mark Ritchie
- Reply to Tate - John Zerzan
- Shedding Light on Darkness in El Dorado - Richard Tate
- More on Napoleon Chagnon's Abhorrent Field Methods - Judith Shulevitz
- Statement read at the "Research Among the Yanomami" panel, A.A.A. meeting - William Irons
- Thomas Headland´s report to the AAA president - Thomas Headland
- Eyewitness account of the measles epidemic among the Yanomami at Toototobi, Brazil, in September and October 1967 - Keith Wardlaw
- Letters written in 1967 and 1968 about the 1967 measles epidemic among the Yanomami at Toototobi, Brazil - Louise Patton and Charles Patton
- Letter to USA Today reporter - Thomas Headland
- Chagnon and Neel saved hundreds of lives - Edward Hagen
- Open Forum Comments from A.A.A. Meeting - Gale Goodwin Gomez
- Darkness in El Dorado by Patrick Tierney: A case of highly selective investigative journalism - Jane B. Lancaster
- Open Forum Comments from A.A.A. Meeting - Linda Rabben
- Response to Clay and Carole Robarchek - UCSB Team
- Response to UCSB report - Clay and Carole Robarchek
- Statement on Darkness in El Dorado - Kim Hill
- Tooby on El Dorado - John Tooby
- Statement on ethics and journalism - Kim Hill
- Neel and the Venezuelan Government - Susan Lindee
- Memo to the Neel Family - Kent V. Flannery
- Some Hurried Thoughts about Tim Asch and Patrick Tierney - Jay Ruby
- Two Letters of James V. Neel - Robert Cox
- The Ax Fight a Film Maker's Response - Peter Biella
- Comment - Les Sponsel
- Anthropology in Trouble - Alan Fix
- Review of Neel Field Notes - Susan Lindee
- Summary of Comments - Ian Pitchford
- Measles expert on the Neel/Chagnon allegations - Ed Hagen
- Comments - Peter Biella
- About James V. Neel - Jeffrey C. Long
- Statment on the Measles Vaccine - Samuel L. Katz
- Several Thoughts on the "Scandal" - Mike Salovesh and John Cook
- Statement on Darkness in El Dorado to Time Magazine - Napoleon A. Chagnon
- How to sell books to the gullible, On J.V. Neel - J.M. Prince
- Comments - Diane Paul
- IMMINENT ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCANDAL - Terry Turner and Leslie Sponsel
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