No more 'primitive' tribes: The Hindu pledges to end racist term
'The Hindu', one of the world's largest English language newspapers, pledged to no longer describe tribal peoples as 'primitive'.
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Tribal children driven to suicide and solvent abuse: new gallery for UN Children's Day
On UN Children's Day Survival's new gallery highlights appallingly high levels of suicide and social breakdown amongst tribal children.
Penan blockade continues, despite arrests
The Penan's blockade of the Murum dam is still continuing, despite the arrest of ten Penan, including two children.
Report exposes threat to dam 'Lost World'
Plans to build massive hydro-electric dam in Guyana would lead to the destruction of a unique people.
Sebastião Salgado and Vanity Fair highlight plight of ‘Earth's most threatened tribe’
Photographer Sebastião Salgado and Vanity Fair magazine have joined forces to publicize the plight of the 'Earth's most threatened tribe'
Prosecutors issue urgent order for Enawene Nawe land rights
The Indians need their land and rivers for fish, an important part of their diet.
Loggers face removal from land of Earth's most threatened tribe
Brazil has taken the first steps towards the removal of thousands of illegal loggers from the land of the Awá.
Yanomami denounce illegal miners and lack of health care
Yanomami Indians from Brazil and Venezuela met last month in Venezuela to discuss Indigenous rights and national policies.