Observer journalist threatens to sue Survival over uncontacted tribes story 1 July 2008The British journalist who wrongly reported that the story of an uncontacted tribe which has been known of for years had been ‘told and sold’ as if it had only just been discovered, has now threatened to sue Survival International.
Uncontacted tribe photos no hoax 23 June 2008The British newspaper The Observer claimed on 22 June that it has now ‘emerged’ that the uncontacted tribe whose photos received worldwide publicity were neither ‘lost’, nor 'undiscovered' nor ‘unknown’.
Dramatic video shows attack on Indian village 20 June 2008An extraordinary video released by the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) and Survival International shows the moment hired gunmen attack a Makuxi Indian village in Brazil.
Government team investigates uncontacted tribes 18 June 2008Spurred into action by a wave of international protest, a Peruvian government team is currently in a remote part of the Amazon investigating the plight of uncontacted Indians.
'Don't wipe out uncontacted tribes' say Indians 12 June 2008Peru’s Amazon Indian organisation has urged the Peruvian government not to ‘wipe out uncontacted tribes’ living in the remote Peruvian rainforest.
Prime Minister to apologise 11 June 2008Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper is due to deliver a formal apology today to the thousands of Aboriginal Canadians who passed through the country's residential school system.
Uncontacted tribe pictures provoke public outrage 5 June 2008Photographs published last week of an uncontacted tribe in Brazil near the Peruvian border have provoked public outrage, with over 1,300 people writing letters to Peru’s government to demand an end to illegal logging.
South American Indians demand ‘respect’ for uncontacted tribes 3 June 2008An indigenous federation that defends uncontacted tribes across South America has demanded that Peru’s government respects the rights and lives of uncontacted Indians living in the remote Peruvian rainforest.
