At least twenty Tupinikim and Guarani Indians were seriously wounded last week when 120 federal police attempted to evict them from their land on behalf of the company Aracruz Cellulose.
Brazilian Indians have called on President Lula to dismiss the countrys top Indian Affairs official Mércio Pereira Gomes, who is visiting London this week, after he implied that Indians already have enough land.
Aymara Indian Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia today, making him that country's first-ever Indigenous president.
The Bishop of Oxford challenged the UK government yesterday over violations of the rights of the Bushmen in Botswana.
The president of FUNAI, Brazils Indian Affairs department, has implied that Brazil may start to limit recognition of Indian territory because Indians already have enough land.
The office of the president of Botswana ordered Botswana Television in December not to air a scheduled programme containing an interview with Bushman leader Roy Sesana.
Around three dozen Bushmen have been surviving on little other than melons and water since September at the community of Metsiamenong in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
Tribal people in the Indian state of Orissa are blocking a major highway in protest over the massacre of twelve people at Kalinganagar.