Survival International: Going Public on Amazonian Indians
Author(s)
Houtman, Gustaaf
Abstract
On 31 July 1985 Survival International released a press bulletin entitled “British museum conceals truth about Amazonian genocide: Indians conduct investigative mission to London’. Survival International accused the BM of inaccuracy and superficiality in its exhibition Hidden People of the Amazon. It is rather like mounting an exhibition to the Jewish people in 1945 and making no reference to Aushwitz. This article covers the events that has led to the biggest controversy that Survival International has had with the Museum of Mankind and its ethnographic content.
