Brazil: 439,000 signature petition to be handed in to Congress for Yanomami Covid campaign
The "MinersOutCovidOut" petition calls for the immediate expulsion of 20,000 illegal miners from inside the Yanomami Indigenous Territory.
News from the Yanomami
Government complicity and neglect fuels lethal coronavirus among Yanomami and Ye’kwana
An explosive new report released this week exposes a humanitarian crisis rapidly unfolding in Brazil’s largest indigenous territory.
Gold miners kill two Yanomami men, fears of further bloodshed
Two Yanomami men killed by illegal gold miners in Brazil, as a massive gold rush brings death and disease.
Yanomami launch global campaign as goldminers and Covid-19 endanger entire tribe
The Yanomami tribe has launched a global campaign to expel 20,000 gold miners from their land amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Davi Yanomami warns uncontacted Yanomami in Brazil “could soon be exterminated”
Davi Kopenawa warns that uncontacted Yanomami “could soon be exterminated” if the Brazilian authorities do not act now.
Davi Yanomami receives 2019’s “Alternative Nobel Prize”
Renowned Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa, the “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest,” receives this year’s Right Livelihood Award
Davi Yanomami, the “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest,” wins “Alternative Nobel Prize”
Renowned Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa, the “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest,” has won this year’s Right Livelihood Award
Thousands of goldminers invade Yanomami territory
Up to 10,000 goldminers have invaded Yanomami lands in northern Brazil, spreading disease and polluting rivers with mercury.
Deadly measles epidemic hits isolated Yanomami tribe
A measles epidemic has hit the Yanomami tribe on the Brazil-Venezuela border who have little immunity to the disease.
Brazil: Government cuts threaten to destroy the tribe in the photos
Uncontacted Yanomami who came to global attention in November at acute risk of annihilation as a result of cuts