Minister receives daily 'Awáicon' to save Earth's most threatened tribe
Survival is sending one 'Awáicon' per day to Brazil until the invaders are removed from the Awá's land.
Survival is sending one 'Awáicon' per day to Brazil until the invaders are removed from the Awá's land.
The move follows an urgent petition sent to the IACHR by Survival International and Brazilian NGO CIMI in May 2013
From the hunting peoples of Canada to the hunter-gatherers of Africa, tribal peoples have found ingenious ways of surviving
Brazil's military has launched a major ground operation against illegal logging around the land of the Awá.
Indians of Earth's most threatened tribe say the railway scares away the game they rely on for their survival.
Nixiwaka Yawanawá, a 26-year-old Yawanawá Indian from Brazil, is set to be the first Amazon Indian to climb Ben Nevis.
A large number of international celebrities have joined Colin Firth in backing the urgent campaign.
Ajrua Awá died earlier this month of leishmaniasis, a disease which is easily treatable with adequate health care.