Death notice

James Matthew Apurinã, one of the elders of the Land of the Indigenous (IT), collared Peccary, and went on Thursday (the 11th).

Exemplary leadership towards the indigenous movements of the Middle Purus river, it was also one of the few to speak their own mother tongue and Apurinã in your area.

Always seeking to strengthen the interaction and the coupling between the relatives of indigenous people. Could see the possibilities for moving forward in a collective way, looking to add to all of you.

He was a man of few words, but the words of a very wise.

It was a member since the very beginning of the formation of the group of agro-forestry systems in the IT white-lipped and Collared, and chestnut, which is always present, giving up their contributions. He was a member of the Association of Farmers of the Land, the Indian white-lipped and Collared (APITC since its inception.

James was also a close friend and partner of OPAN. He had the whole of the us.

We wish you a lot of strength to his friends and family of James Stephen Apurinã, and your example will never be forgotten.

The team OPAN