Yanomami celebrate health success following protests
The Yanomami and Yekuana Indians in the Amazon are celebrating the appointment of a health coordinator for their communities
News from the Yanomami
Yanomami Indians seize plane in health protest
New health coordinator has little connection with indigenous people
Yanomami report dozens dead in epidemic
Many still sick in Venezuelan Amazon
Blood samples return to Amazon Indians
Research centers in the United States are to return thousands of blood samples of Yanomami Indians to the tribe.
Venezuelan authorities investigate Yanomami deaths
Venezuelan authorities are investigating the deaths of six Yanomami Indians in the Amazon.
Yanomami Indians protest against illegal miners
Yanomami and Yekuana Indians held a protest this week to denounce the illegal invasion of Yanomami land by goldminers.
Yanomami fear for their lives as miners invade their land
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami has made an urgent appeal for support as the Yanomami territory in northern Brazil is being invaded by gold-miners.
HIV reaches Yanomami in Amazon
Brazil’s National Health Foundation, FUNASA, has confirmed the first case of HIV amongst the Yanomami Indians in northern Brazil.