Amazon mega-dams stoke new wave of Indian protests
Kayapó Indians to hold a protest against a huge hydro-electric dam planned for Brazil’s Xingu River
News from the Enawene Nawe
Endangered Amazon tribe featured in the UK Sunday Times
The Enawene Nawe, a small and remote tribe living in the Brazilian Amazon, is featured in an article in the Sunday Times Magazine by the journalist Christina Lamb.
Dam workers attack Enawene Nawe Indians
Hydroelectric dam workers have attacked a group of Enawene Nawe Indians who were fishing near a dam building site last week.
Amazon tribe’s protest shuts down dam site
Indians from the Enawene Nawe tribe in the Brazilian Amazon occupied and shut down the site of a huge hydroelectric dam on Saturday, destroying equipment, in an attempt to save the river that runs through their land.
Enawene Nawe Indians mount blockade
Indians from the Enawene Nawe tribe mounted a blockade of a road bridge in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso on Sunday, to protest against a complex of dams to be built upriver from their land.
Enawene Nawe Indians win right to fish
A Brazilian judge has affirmed that the Enawene Nawe Indians have the right to fish on the Rio Preto, their most important fishing river.
Ranchers threaten Enawene Nawe Indians
A group of armed men have walked into an Enawene Nawe fishing camp in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, and threatened the Indians with reprisals unless they leave.
Amazon Indians end blockade
The Enawene Nawe Indians ended their protest at the site of a planned hydroelectric dam on Tuesday.