Violence explodes as Lula government betrays Brazil's Indigenous peoples
The Brazilian Amazon has this week seen an explosion of violence, with both Indians and diamond miners being killed and beaten.
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Innu return to London with a new initiative to help young Innu people
Four years after coming to London to launch Survival International's report 'Canada's Tibet: the killing of the Innu', Jean-Pierre Ashini has returned to publicise a new initiative which seeks to reconnect young Innu with their land.
India violates court order on Jarawa. Tribe's fate to be decided behind closed doors
The future of the recently contacted Jarawa people of the Andaman Islands is to be decided at a closed meeting on 7 and 8 April, in defiance of the Indian High Court which ordered 'open discussions' on the issue.
Cameroon: Mbororo Land Campaigners Freed
Three men from the Mbororo herding people of northwest Cameroon, imprisoned by a military tribunal, were freed on March 23 2004 by the Court of Appeal in North-West Cameroon.
West Papuans' United Nations Plea for the Bushmen
A West Papuan delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights has made a plea in solidarity with the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.
Last isolated Indians south of the Amazon make contact
A group of previously uncontacted Ayoreo Indians has emerged from the forests of Paraguay, under pressure from deforestation all around them. The 17 people (five men, seven women and five children) are in excellent health, but acutely short of water.
Ogiek at risk of eviction
Facing the threat of eviction, the Ogiek call on the Kenyan government to recognise their right to their forest territory.
Violence continues despite call for peace
Papua has been besieged by conflict for the past four decades, with an estimated 100,000 tribal people killed during that time.