Alternative Nobel Prize Bishop blasts Guarani ‘genocide in progress’
Bishop highlights Guarani plight in acceptance speech
News from the Brazilian Indians
Pro-Indian bishop wins ‘alternative Nobel prize’
Leading pro-Indian activist in Brazil wins the Right Livelihood Award.
Hundreds of Brazilian Indians gather for protest
The protest will highlight the plight of the Guarani and threats to the Indians' survival.
Amazon mega dam delayed following protests
The go-ahead to build the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, planned for the Xingu river in the Brazilian Amazon, has been delayed following protests by Indians and objections by local and international organisations.
Brazilian authorities to search for uncontacted Indians in Amazon
Brazil’s Indian affairs department, FUNAI, has announced it will embark on a two month expedition to search for uncontacted Indians in the Amazon rainforest.
Indians launch petition against draft law facilitating theft of children
A group of Brazilian Indians have launched a petition against a draft law that would facilitate the theft of indigenous children by evangelical missionaries.
Supreme Court ruling could threaten Indians’ land
Brazilian Indians are concerned that the ‘small print’ of last month’s Supreme Court ruling on the Raposa-Serra do Sol indigenous territory could jeopardize Indian land rights.
Missionary film leads to people 'hating Indians and wishing them dead'
To mark the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, Survival is accusing the makers of a controversial film of inciting racial hatred against Brazilian Indians.
Experts denounce Amazon Indian cannibalism reports as 'false' and 'slanderous'
World experts on the Amazon tribe accused of killing and eating a white settler cast doubts today on the authenticity of the accusations. The tribe’s supposed cannibalism has been reported by media all around the world.
Indians invade press office at World Social Forum
Indians from the Javari Valley, one of the largest indigenous territories in Brazil, invaded the press office at the World Social Forum held in Brazil at the end of January.