| LC control no. | nr 96030714 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jecupé, Kaká Werá |
| Variant(s) | Santos, Carlos Alberto dos, 1964- Dos Santos, Carlos Alberto Kaká Werá Werá, Kaká |
| Birth date | 1964 |
| Place of birth | São Paulo (Brazil) |
| Field of activity | Indigenous peoples--Civil rights College teaching Creative writing |
| Affiliation | Tapuya Indians United Religions Initiative |
| Profession or occupation | Civil rights workers Authors Teachers |
| Found in | Oré awé roiruʼa ma : todas as vezes que dissemos adeus, 19-?: t.p. (Kaka Werá Jecupé) front cover flap (works on rights for Brazilian indigenous peoples) A terra dos mil povos, 1998: t.p. (Kaka Werá Jecupé) p. 114 (b. in 1964) A terra dos mil povos, 2021 : front and back covers, spine, title page, copyright statement, CIP record (Kaká Werá Jecupé) pages 124-125 (Kaká Werá Jecupé was born in São Paulo in 1964 to a traditionally nomadic Tapuia family that allied itself with the Guaranis of the region, his parents being from Minas Gerais and their ancestors having originally lived on the Araguaia River; years later when he and his parents received Christian baptism he took the name Carlos Alberto dos Santos; in the 1980s he travelled widely in southern Brazil and in Paraguay, visiting Guarani communities in a search for his true identity and the meaning of life; between 1989 and 1992 he supported Guaranis in the construction of the Centro de Cultura Indígena in the Morro da Saudade neighborhood of São Paulo; in 1992, together with Roman Ketchua and Daniel Munduruku, he created an intertribal commission to fight for indigenous cultural citizenship; in 1994 he created the Instituto Arapoty to rescue and transmit indigenous culture, including knowledge of native medicine; he has taught for over 20 years at the Universidade Holística de Paz (Unipaz) and helped found the United Religions Initiative (URI), promoted by the United Nations; his other published works include Todas as vezes que dissemos adeus; As fabulosas fábulas de Iauaretê; Tupã Tenondé; O trovão e o vento) O trovão e o vento, 2021: title page (Kaká Werá) |
| Associated language | por |
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