Yanomami denounce illegal gold miners
Two Yanomami Indian communities have written to the Brazilian government, denouncing the invasion of their land by illegal gold miners.
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PM to implement international law for tribal peoples
Nepal’s Prime Minister has promised to include Indigenous peoples’ rights in the country’s new constitution, in line with his country’s commitment to uphold the only international law for tribal peoples, ILO Convention 169.
De Beers returns to Central Kalahari Game Reserve – Survival International relaunches campaign
Survival International is relaunching its campaign against De Beers after the discovery that the company has returned to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana.
Uncontacted tribe’s plight sparks mass Indian plea to president
The desperate plight of the last remaining uncontacted Indians in Paraguay has sparked a mass Indian plea to Paraguay's new president.
Tribe vows to fight mine with axes and arrows
One of India’s most isolated tribes, the Dongria Kondh, is preparing to stop British FTSE 100 company Vedanta from mining aluminium ore on their sacred mountain, after police and hired thugs forced protestors to dismantle a barricade.
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.
Sat photos reveal uncontacted tribe’s land being destroyed
New satellite photos reveal that the territory of Paraguay's only remaining uncontacted Indians is rapidly being destroyed.
Minister makes promise on refugee uncontacted tribes
Peru's Minister of Environment has spoken publicly about some of the world's last uncontacted Indians, fleeing for their lives from Peru to Brazil.