Survival campaigner investigates uncontacted Amazon tribes
A Survival campaigner has recently returned from a trip to the Peruvian Amazon to identify areas inhabited by uncontacted tribes.
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Brazil: Land for last survivor of unknown Amazon tribe
The last survivor of an unknown Amazon tribe is to be given more land to ensure his survival.
Archbishop Tutu condemns Bushman evictions
Archbishop Desmond Tutu condemns eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen and has appealed to the Botswana government not to destroy them.
Uncontacted Indian child found dead in Amazon
The body of an isolated Indian child has been discovered in the Brazilian Amazon, in the state of Maranhão. An Indian from the Guajajara tribe came across the remains of the body whilst out hunting.
Historic double triumph for Indians over oil companies
A Chinese oil company, SAPET, exploring in the southeast Peruvian Amazon has announced it will not enter territory inhabited by isolated Indians.
Suicide of Amazon nomad leader
A leader of the nomadic Nukak tribe has committed suicide after drinking a poison usually used by his people to kill fish.
Miners set fire to Yekuana and Sanema houses
Communal houses belonging to Yekuana and Sanema Indians living in the Caura river basin, in the southern state of Bolivar, have been burned down by gold miners. Indian leaders have received death threats and one was beaten up by miners.
Landmark trial begins
19 years after the murder of Vicente Canas, the trial of those accused of killing him began today in Cuiabá, capital of Mato Grosso state.