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Yanomami blood controversy

In 1967, thousands of blood samples were taken from Yanomami Indians in Brazil and Venezuela, by North American researchers. It took until 2010 for the return of the samples to be assured.

Hakani

‘Hakani’ is a film produced by the American fundamentalist missionary organisation Youth With a Mission. It claims to be the “true story” of a Brazilian Indian child called Hakani who was supposedly buried alive by her tribe, the Suruwaha. In fact...

‘Songs for Survival’

Bruce Parry, star of the BBC series’ ‘Tribe’ and ‘Amazon’, has teamed up with some of the music world’s biggest names to create a fundraising album for Survival. Every track on the album is exclusive, and they have all been written especially fo...