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Brazilian journalist sentenced for racism against ‘ignorant’ Indians
A journalist described Brazil's Indians as ‘ignorant’ and ‘dirty’© Fiona Watson/SurvivalA journalist in Brazil has been found guilty of discrimination against Indians, who he described as ‘ignorant’...
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Brazil police shoot Indians – more violence feared
Police in southern Brazil yesterday killed a Terena Indian and wounded several others.© Marcello Casal Jr/ABrPolice in southern Brazil yesterday killed a Terena Indian and wounded several others while...
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Trucks arrive to evict Botswana Bushmen despite government denials
Trucks have reportedly arrived to remove Ranyane Bushmen from their ancestral land.© Survival InternationalGovernment trucks arrived last night to evict Bushmen from their ancestral land in southern...
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Brazil - indigenous affairs chief quits following Indian killing
Indians protesting in Brasília, against the dismantling of their rights© Antônio Cruz/ABrThe head of Brazil’s indigenous affairs department, FUNAI, resigned on 7 June, citing ill health. Dr Marta...
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Survival condemns Steven Pinker’s ‘Brutal Savage’ myth
Steven Pinker, like Jared Diamond, bases his assertion that the Yanomami are a violent people solely on the work of controversial anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalSurvival...
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Rallying cry: Dongria stand firm against Vedanta mine
Dongria leader Lodu Sikaka has called for an end to the harassment of village leaders and vowed to defend Niyamgiri.© SurvivalDuring a rally of defiance, India’s Dongria Kondh have vowed to defend...
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Guarani man killed in ambush by gunmen
The Guarani frequently suffer violent attacks by gunmen after returning to their ancestral lands.© SurvivalA Guarani Indian man was killed yesterday in southern Brazil, reportedly by gunmen working for...
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Court reprieve for Bushmen threatened with eviction
Relocation trucks arrive at Ranyane.© FPKDozens of Botswana Bushmen threatened with eviction, reportedly because they live in an area proposed as a ‘wildlife corridor’, have won a significant court...
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Success: Soliga tribe's forest rights upheld in court
Tribal peoples like the Soliga have been living with and protecting the wildlife in their forests for countless generations.© Kalyan Varma/SurvivalA village belonging to the Soliga tribe in southern...
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Indigenous rights highlighted at central London protest
Protestors in London demanded respect for indigenous people’s rights. © SurvivalThe rights of Brazilian Indians were highlighted at a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London yesterday. Over...
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'Jaguar people's' urgent appeal to oil company's shareholders
The Matsés have urged shareholders of Pacific Rubiales to disinvest from the company to protect Peru's uncontacted tribes.© SurvivalAn Amazonian tribe has sent an urgent appeal to shareholders of...
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Brazil: Protestors call on President to uphold indigenous rights
Davi Kopenawa, a spokesman for the Yanomami tribe, calls on Brazil's President to uphold indigenous rights.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalAs demonstrators continue to flood Brazil’s streets, Brazilian Indians...
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INDIA: 'Proud Not Primitive' campaign challenges prejudice against tribal...
The 'Proud Not Primitive' campaigns challenges the prevailing view in India that tribal peoples, like the Dongria Kondh, are 'backwards' and 'primitive'.© SurvivalA groundbreaking new campaign has been...
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Brazilian Indians block railway over health chaos
The Carajás railway threatens the health and livelihood of Earth's most threatened tribe. © Sarah Shenker/SurvivalIndians from seven tribes in Brazil have blocked a controversial railway, demanding...
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Sacred object handed back to Hopi tribe after 'shameful' Paris auction
The katsina was handed over to Hopi chairman and religious leaders by lawyer Pierre Servan-Schreiber and Survival International's Jean Patrick Razon (no photography was allowed during the handover...
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Tanks move in around Earth's most threatened tribe
Brazil's military has moved in to stop illegal logging around the land of Earth's most threatened tribe. © Exército BrasileiroSurvival International has received reports that Brazil’s military has...
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Not primitive: Short film showcases proud life of tribal peoples
A new 30-second short shows that tribal peoples like the Dongria Kondh are proud, not primitive. © SurvivalA new short film showing the richness of tribal peoples’ lives has been released as part of...
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Venezuelan Indians travel to capital amidst mining fears
Yanomami woman. Mining is bringing devastation to the land of the Yanomami, Ye’kuana and Sanema Indians. © VICTOR ENGLEBERT /SURVIVALA delegation of Ye’kuana and Sanema Indians traveled to Venezuela’s...
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Indian tribe blocks Pan-American Highway to protest land invasion
The Ayoreo are blocking the Pan-American Highway to protest the illegal invasion of their land© GAT/ SurvivalA key South American highway connecting Paraguay and Bolivia is being blocked by an Indian...
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Botswana bars Bushmen's lawyer as landmark case starts
Mr Bennett with Bushmen clients after their historic 2006 legal victory. Botswana's government is now preventing him from entering the country.© SurvivalIn an unprecedented move branded ‘vindictive and...
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