"They are poisonous thorns in our flesh"

"They are poisonous thorns in our flesh"

In Tanzania, the Maasai are facing violent evictions in Loliondo and in the Ngorongoro Conservati...

New "catastrophic" footage shows uncontacted tribe near nickel mine

New "catastrophic" footage shows uncontacted tribe near nickel mine

Dramatic new video shows uncontacted Hongana Manyawa in Indonesia, as bulldozers destroy their fo...

"All we want is for our land to be free"

"All we want is for our land to be free"

Tribal societies are extraordinarily diverse and there’s a lot to learn from them. In 2019, Taina...

Simon Counsell on Blood Carbon

Simon Counsell on Blood Carbon

Simon Counsell, Survival International consultant and former Director of Rainforest Foundation UK...

"Fake conservationists are torturing us in the name of conservation and Project Tiger"

"Fake conservationists are torturing us in the name of conservation and Project Tiger"

Shivu, a young leader from the Jenu Kuruba tribe, condemns the celebration of Project Tiger’s 50t...

“He doesn’t intimidate us”

“He doesn’t intimidate us”

The Indigenous people of Brazil are fighters. Guarani leader Jaqueline Guarani Kaiowá has a messa...

"Our land is crying out for help"

"Our land is crying out for help"

The Indigenous Guardians of the Amazon are risking their lives to fight against illegal loggers a...

"We were forcibly evicted from our land"

"We were forcibly evicted from our land"

India’s Supreme Court has just ordered the forced eviction of up to 8 million tribal people and o...

"We must defend the rights of uncontacted tribes"

"We must defend the rights of uncontacted tribes"

Ninawa Huni Kui from the western Brazilian Amazon calls for Indigenous lands to be protected, and...

"Is the air the President breathes different to the air we breathe?"

"Is the air the President breathes different to the air we breathe?"

Reginaldo Apyawa and his relatives have sent you this message from a ritual gathering in the cent...

"Our area is being deforested by an oil palm plantation"

"Our area is being deforested by an oil palm plantation"

The forest that the Berawan, Tering and Penan communities rely on for their survival is being des...

Xavante Cisappe (low res.english)

Xavante Cisappe (low res.english)

"What the conservationists are doing is so bad"

"What the conservationists are doing is so bad"

WWF is supporting the creation of a new protected area in Congo, Messok Dja. The Baka haven’t giv...

"Our spirits are in our tekohá – ancestral land"

"Our spirits are in our tekohá – ancestral land"

Guarani prayer leader Getúlio explains his people's deep connection with their ancestral land in ...

“They are learning lots in a different way”

“They are learning lots in a different way”

For millions of children, the pandemic meant staying away from school for several months. Recorde...

"The main problem we, Indigenous Peoples, see is that nature is being traded"

"The main problem we, Indigenous Peoples, see is that nature is being traded"

"The main problem we, Indigenous Peoples, see is that nature is being traded" -- Learn more: ht...

220218 EN Embera Chami-ONIC - Gerardo on Ayoreo TWITTER

220218 EN Embera Chami-ONIC - Gerardo on Ayoreo TWITTER

Gerardo Jumi of ONIC (National Indigenous Organization of Colombia) speaks in support of the Ayor...

“Our land is being invaded”

“Our land is being invaded”

Tainaky Tenetehar from the Guajajara people explains why some of his relatives are choosing to re...

“The 30% [plan] is a dispossession of land and a land grab”

“The 30% [plan] is a dispossession of land and a land grab”

The plan to turn 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas is the biggest land grab in history, a dis...

"The Earth needs peace, like us"

"The Earth needs peace, like us"

There are over 20,000 illegal miners in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory - they're deforesting t...

“It’s time we went back. We need the government to help us return to our territory.”

“It’s time we went back. We need the government to help us return to our territory.”

The Nukak have to return NOW to their territory. More than 30 years ago, missionaries, armed gro...

"Our forest has been taken over by miners. That's why I'm here."

"Our forest has been taken over by miners. That's why I'm here."

The artist and activist Ehuana Yaira Yanomami spoke out about the Yanomami genocide at a seminar ...

Indigenous Peoples Day 2023

Indigenous Peoples Day 2023

Indigenous peoples are the best guardians of biodiversity - 80% of the world’s biodiversity is fo...

“Now, we have become free”

“Now, we have become free”

Célestin, from the Baka people in the Congo, explains that the appalling violence they faced for ...

#UncontactedTribesWeek 2023

#UncontactedTribesWeek 2023

Survival’s the only organization that’s fighting for the rights of #UncontactedTribes around the ...

#BloodCarbon: Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT)’s carbon offsetting project explained

#BloodCarbon: Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT)’s carbon offsetting project explained

In this webinar organized by Survival International, independent researcher Simon Counsell and ec...

"Go and tell them that we don’t want to give away our forest”

"Go and tell them that we don’t want to give away our forest”

Listen to Hairani and Toraji, two nomadic Hongana Manyawa from Halmahera, Indonesia, decrying the...

An uncontacted tribe is being wiped out to produce electric car batteries

An uncontacted tribe is being wiped out to produce electric car batteries

A unique uncontacted tribe in Indonesia and their rainforest home is being destroyed by nickel mi...

#BloodCarbon

#BloodCarbon

Survival is launching a new campaign to stop greenwashing "carbon offsetting" projects on Indigen...

NRT is doing the wrong thing that I find unjust to our people - Borana leader, Kenya

NRT is doing the wrong thing that I find unjust to our people - Borana leader, Kenya

A leader of the Borana #Indigenous people from Kenya, describes the devastating impact that the N...

The Nukak will always fight for our family: Alex, Nukak people

The Nukak will always fight for our family: Alex, Nukak people

“The Nukak will always fight for our family. A big and terrible struggle”. Alex Tinyú, an #Ind...

Join the movement for Indigenous rights

Join the movement for Indigenous rights

Despite the massive obstacles they face, #Indigenous people around the world are fighting for the...

"The children depend on us"

"The children depend on us"

Listen to Olímpio Guajajara explain why humanity should be concerned about the #climate crisis - ...

“They killed my dad that day”

“They killed my dad that day”

Paulo Paulino Guajajara, an Amazon Guardian, foresees his own death in this moving video filmed b...

Seeing (PSA 30 sec)

Seeing (PSA 30 sec)

There are many different ways of living on this planet, who's to say their way is best?

#SullaPelleDegliAyoreo

#SullaPelleDegliAyoreo

Survival has filed a formal OECD complaint against Italian company Pasubio, which supplies leathe...

"We're trying to reclaim our land"

"We're trying to reclaim our land"

Smith Moeti, an #Indigenous Bushman from #Botswana, speaks in front of the Court of Appeal about ...

"The people are being made to live in hell"

"The people are being made to live in hell"

Surender Oraon, an Oraon Adivasi [Indigenous] leader, speaks in front of the Magadh mine, which h...

“Our world gets snatched away”

“Our world gets snatched away”

Surender Oraon, an Oraon Adivasi [Indigenous] leader from Jharkhand, central India, speaks about ...

Anoushka Shankar joins the battle to save Indigenous forest

Anoushka Shankar joins the battle to save Indigenous forest

Anoushka Shankar is standing with the #Indigenous people of #India. They’re fighting devastating ...

"We have to face those monsters"

"We have to face those monsters"

In Brazil, the Munduruku, Yanomami and Kayapó are among the Indigenous peoples most affected by i...

Nyama

Nyama

"Nyama" retrata a una madre batwa que es expulsada de su hogar y hace todo lo posible para alimen...

#Kemanusiaan yang terhormat

#Kemanusiaan yang terhormat

#Kemanusiaan yang terhormat, Kita punya masalah: Perusahaan-perusahaan penyebab polusi dan para ...

Rainforest or no rainforest?

Rainforest or no rainforest?

Amazon Guardian Taniaky Tenetehar shows us the glaring contrast between the forests of the Ararib...

“He is the sixth Guardian killed”

“He is the sixth Guardian killed”

Olimpio Guajajara, #Indigenous leader and Amazon Guardian, responds to the killing of fellow Guar...

"I am here in resistance"

"I am here in resistance"

On June 5 2022, Bruno Pereira & Dom Phillips were killed. Before he died Bruno left us this mess...

“The 30% [plan] is a dispossession of land and a land grab”

“The 30% [plan] is a dispossession of land and a land grab”

The plan to turn 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas is the biggest land grab in history, a dis...

Busted: 5 myths about uncontacted tribes

Busted: 5 myths about uncontacted tribes

Natalia Tena, star of Harry Potter & Game of Thrones, busts the 5 most common myths about unconta...

Shocking violence against the Maasai

Shocking violence against the Maasai

Shocking violence happening now in Loliondo, Tanzania - military firing on Maasai, who are being ...

The Falling Sky

The Falling Sky

Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa talks about his book The Falling Sky (2010)

"My home is not yours to destroy"

"My home is not yours to destroy"

Do you need teaching resources for younger learners on the Amazon Rainforest and the 1 million tr...

"Every inch of our lands is being placed into the hands of the Corporates”

"Every inch of our lands is being placed into the hands of the Corporates”

Munda Adivasi (Indigenous) leader, Dayamani Barla, has spent decades defending the rights and lan...

Q&A of “Nyama” – Film Screening

Q&A of “Nyama” – Film Screening

We had the opportunity to screen the beautifully made short-film Nyama and answer a lot of questi...

#TierraAyoreo

#TierraAyoreo

Urgent! The Chaco forest in #Paraguay, home to uncontacted Ayoreo, is being cut down faster than ...

#DearHumanity

#DearHumanity

#DearHumanity, We have a problem: The most polluting companies & governments are promoting a dang...

“We can live with elephants but not with mining”

“We can live with elephants but not with mining”

Ummeshwar Singh, a village headman, has been protesting along with his village to save their sacr...

"Nearly everyone from the Wajãpi tribe died"

"Nearly everyone from the Wajãpi tribe died"

RIP Kaspirina Wajãpi, who died of Covid at the beginning of this year. We recorded this moving i...

"They shouted 'shoot, shoot, shoot' and shot me"

"They shouted 'shoot, shoot, shoot' and shot me"

Basava from the Jenu Kuruba tribe in #India has been shot by forest guards. He’s alive and speaki...

“We can save the Earth... but they just want us dead”

“We can save the Earth... but they just want us dead”

Massive coal mining is destroying the lands and lives of Adivasi people in India, and is set to i...

"I don't want another massacre"

"I don't want another massacre"

Dario Yanomami from the Hutukara Yanomami Association reports that some uncontacted Yanomami rela...

“They’re invading our home, with all these false promises”

“They’re invading our home, with all these false promises”

Straight from COP26, Alessandra Munduruku stresses that without Indigenous peoples, there’ll neve...

Conservation: US Congress hearing

Conservation: US Congress hearing

WWF came under sustained attack during the congressional hearing to investigate human rights abus...

Yes or No, WWF?

Yes or No, WWF?

WWF have been accused of deceit, cover-ups and dishonesty in a US Congressional Committee hearing...

When the miners came

When the miners came

Indigenous territories are being mined and destroyed without Indigenous consent. This is both an ...

“What would we get from mining? Nothing at all”

“What would we get from mining? Nothing at all”

We asked Indigenous peoples from across the world what they thought about mining on Indigenous la...

“There are ways of killing us... and ways of not letting us live”

“There are ways of killing us... and ways of not letting us live”

Since 1500 the Indigenous peoples of Brazil have been resisting genocide. It's still going on – i...

"Brazil was born of the rape of Indigenous women"

"Brazil was born of the rape of Indigenous women"

Violence against women is everyone's concern. Nyg Kaingang, from the Kaingang people in Brazil, e...

"They are harassing us saying 'this land doesn’t belong to you anymore'"

"They are harassing us saying 'this land doesn’t belong to you anymore'"

Amarlal Baiga’s land has been stolen to make way for a tree planting project – part of an offsett...

“Our sacred place has been mined and destroyed"

“Our sacred place has been mined and destroyed"

Balsai has been fighting to save his beloved Hasdeo Forest from mining for years. One coal mine h...

"We protect 80% of the planet's biodiversity, yet we are the most vulnerable"

"We protect 80% of the planet's biodiversity, yet we are the most vulnerable"

Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...

“We don’t accept the Time Limit Trick”

“We don’t accept the Time Limit Trick”

The Awá have a very simple message for Brazil’s Supreme Court, direct from the Amazon: “No to the...

"There is no conservation without the intervention of Indigenous peoples"

"There is no conservation without the intervention of Indigenous peoples"

In the run-up to the ground-breaking #OurLandOurNature congress, we asked leading experts and act...

"We must distinguish between real solutions and false solutions, such as carbon offsets"

"We must distinguish between real solutions and false solutions, such as carbon offsets"

In the run-up to the ground-breaking "Our land, our nature" congress, we asked leading experts an...

"There is another alternative to conservation"

"There is another alternative to conservation"

Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...

"The main problem we, Indigenous peoples, see is that nature is being traded"

"The main problem we, Indigenous peoples, see is that nature is being traded"

Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...

“There is a conflict between an aim that sounds wonderful and the reality that already exists”

“There is a conflict between an aim that sounds wonderful and the reality that already exists”

Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...

“We need to throw these conservationists out of our forests”

“We need to throw these conservationists out of our forests”

Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...

"We protect 80% of the planet's biodiversity, yet we are the most vulnerable"

"We protect 80% of the planet's biodiversity, yet we are the most vulnerable"

Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...

Exclusive: illegal road constructed inside uncontacted tribes' territory

Exclusive: illegal road constructed inside uncontacted tribes' territory

This exclusive footage shows the devastation and destruction brought by an illegal road in #Indig...

“The police are targeting us for defending our land and forest rights"

“The police are targeting us for defending our land and forest rights"

The Dongria Kondh tribe won an historic victory in 2013, defending their sacred mountain, their w...

"We are in control of identifying ourselves"

"We are in control of identifying ourselves"

Trisha Moquino, an educator and cheerleader for her people from Cochiti, Ohkay Owhingeh, and Kewa...

"I want our children to carry on our languages"

"I want our children to carry on our languages"

Trisha Moquino, an educator and cheerleader for her people from Cochiti, Ohkay Owhingeh, and Kewa...

"Let’s fight against this false conservation!"

"Let’s fight against this false conservation!"

Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...

"We're doing all we can to help our uncontacted relatives"

"We're doing all we can to help our uncontacted relatives"

Danger’s closing in on the uncontacted Ãwa Indigenous people of the ‘Papaya Forest’ on Brazil’s B...

"No to the Time Limit Trick, and Demarcation Now!"

"No to the Time Limit Trick, and Demarcation Now!"

More than 6,000 Indigenous people have been in Brasilia, urging the Supreme Court to throw out th...

“If they kill them, there won’t be anyone left”

“If they kill them, there won’t be anyone left”

A unique appeal from Rita Piripkura, the only person from Brazil’s Piripkura tribe in regular con...

Karapiru's story

Karapiru's story

Karapiru, who died recently of Covid, survived a massacre in which the rest of his family were ki...

"They came to destroy our grandparents' cemetery"

"They came to destroy our grandparents' cemetery"

Indigenous people in Paraguay are being violently evicted from their lands. Guillermina Benítez, ...

Do Kenya's parks protect "wild Africa"?

Do Kenya's parks protect "wild Africa"?

Mordecai Ogada debunks the myths surrounding national parks & Protected Areas. Yet big NGOs & wo...

”The Time Limit Trick is a gun held to our head”

”The Time Limit Trick is a gun held to our head”

Woie Kriri Patte, of the Xokleng people, explains why, if the Time Limit Trick is approved by the...

Thank you! - Run for Survival 2021

Thank you! - Run for Survival 2021

From May 28-31, all over the world, hundreds of you took a step further for tribal peoples by joi...

"We’ll keep fighting until we get back what is ours"

"We’ll keep fighting until we get back what is ours"

Shanti is speaking at the Jenu Kuruba’s protest against evictions from Nagarhole National Park in...

Mayflowers Kill

Mayflowers Kill

400 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plimoth Patuxet, (settler) colonialism continues a...

Uncontacted Ayoreo-Totobiegosode see their forest destroyed around them

Uncontacted Ayoreo-Totobiegosode see their forest destroyed around them

The forests of the Paraguayan Chaco - home to the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode and their uncontacted rela...

“They filed false legal cases against six of us”

“They filed false legal cases against six of us”

JK Thimma, a shaman from the Jenu Kuruba tribe in India, has fought for his people’s right to liv...

Uncontacted Tribes and Land Protection Orders - the hidden story

Uncontacted Tribes and Land Protection Orders - the hidden story

The Brazilian government is planning to open up the land of uncontacted tribes to deadly exploita...

“Their lives depend on our lands being protected”

“Their lives depend on our lands being protected”

Porai Picanerai and Ducubaide Chiquenoi, two leaders of the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode tribe, speak out...

“Lessons in how to hate yourself, your identity and your culture”

“Lessons in how to hate yourself, your identity and your culture”

Adivasi writer and publisher, Ruby Hembrom, dissects the aims underlying Factory Schools and expl...

"A white person is no better or worse than me"

"A white person is no better or worse than me"

Tainaky Tenetehar, an Amazon Guardian, talks about racism, the Black Lives Matter movement and it...

The Big Green Lie

The Big Green Lie

If you support the plan to turn 30% of Earth into Protected Areas, you’re supporting the biggest ...

The Big Green Lie - teaser trailer

The Big Green Lie - teaser trailer

Teaser for our new campaign video, launching on Earth Day (22 April). Do you care about this pla...

"Our uncontacted relatives are being persecuted"

"Our uncontacted relatives are being persecuted"

Orojoi Etacore and Esoi Chiquenoi, recently-contacted men of the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode tribe in Pa...

"Schools cannot exist without land rights"

"Schools cannot exist without land rights"

Indigenous activist Célia Xakriabá talks about the importance of Indigenous-led education, beyond...

Myanmar: Abuses in a WCS-supported park

Myanmar: Abuses in a WCS-supported park

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) initiated & supported a national park in Myanmar where fo...

Guarani Kaiowá torture victim recounts brutal attack

Guarani Kaiowá torture victim recounts brutal attack

In March 2021, Guarani Kaiowá men were brutally attacked by gunmen of the Querência ranch, midwes...

Hidme Markam: arrested for speaking out

Hidme Markam: arrested for speaking out

The violent arrest of Hidme Markam, an Adivasi (Indigenous) and women's rights activist, from a W...

An appeal from the rainforest

An appeal from the rainforest

Survival's 1989 campaign to secure land rights for the Yanomami.

“We’re back home and we won’t leave”

“We’re back home and we won’t leave”

The Xokleng were one of the Indigenous peoples in southern Brazil who were violently forced off t...

Make a rainforest shelter!

Make a rainforest shelter!

The Baka are literally right at home in their rainforest – no surprise they're the best conservat...

"Our children are being taken away from our soils, lives and struggle"

"Our children are being taken away from our soils, lives and struggle"

Krushno Sikoka, a youth leader of the Dongria Kondh tribe of Odisha, India, explains why ‘mainstr...

How to make an eco-backpack

How to make an eco-backpack

The Awá don’t need any lessons in sustainability: watch how they turn leaves into an eco-backpack...

“Our resistance is strong”

“Our resistance is strong”

Edilena Krikati, of the Krikati people, outlines the situation of the Indigenous lands of Maranhã...

Why uncontacted tribes face genocide

Why uncontacted tribes face genocide

Survival's Sarah Shenker explains why #UncontactedTribes​ face genocide, despite protecting the m...

Missionaries target uncontacted tribes

Missionaries target uncontacted tribes

Disease isn't the only thing that #missionaries can spread in Indigenous territories. Now they'r...

Survival’s former Director Stephen Corry's message for Earth Day

Survival’s former Director Stephen Corry's message for Earth Day

"Can we put aside the terrible idea that humanity is a virus infecting the Earth? Biodiversity re...

"My people have always protected the forest"

"My people have always protected the forest"

"We consider ourselves to be among the best protectors of the lungs of the planet." Amazon Guardi...

Tribal peoples' lives are being destroyed in India

Tribal peoples' lives are being destroyed in India

Tribal peoples across India are having their lives destroyed by conservation. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀...

We must #DecolonizeConservation​ now

We must #DecolonizeConservation​ now

Tribal peoples are being illegally evicted from their ancestral lands in the name of "conservatio...

"There are rampant evictions"

"There are rampant evictions"

Pranab Doley, an activist and local politician from the Mising tribe, speaks out against illegal ...

“We’re fighting for everyone”

“We’re fighting for everyone”

Antonio Wilson Guajajara outlines the fight that Indigenous forest Guardians are taking on to pro...

Before and after: deforestation in the Amazon

Before and after: deforestation in the Amazon

Just look how the Ituna Itata territory in #Brazil is being destroyed. Uncontacted tribes live he...

The Hall of Shame: conservation’s racist history

The Hall of Shame: conservation’s racist history

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), owner of the Bronx Zoo, has a dark history of abuse of t...

“The conservationists came to abuse me at my house”

“The conservationists came to abuse me at my house”

A Baka man from Lobeke National Park (Cameroon), speaking out against the abuses he faced at the ...

"They have the nerve to call us poor"

"They have the nerve to call us poor"

The Guarani Kaiowá are among the Indigenous peoples worst hit by land theft – past and present – ...

In defense of the uncontacted Kawahiva

In defense of the uncontacted Kawahiva

Jair Candor has worked for over 30 years to defend the lands of uncontacted tribes. Jair and his ...

"'We will kill you' - that’s what they say"

"'We will kill you' - that’s what they say"

Amarlal, a young Baiga man, explains that his people have been harassed and threatened with evict...

"They said that we should ask their permission to worship in our own forest"

"They said that we should ask their permission to worship in our own forest"

Imagine being told you can’t worship in your own home. This is what happened to a group of Chenc...

“There is violence, we all face attacks everywhere”

“There is violence, we all face attacks everywhere”

Listen to Eliseu Guarani’s plea for support as Brazil’s Supreme Court judges prepare to rule if t...

“Think first of our blood that will be spilled on this land”

“Think first of our blood that will be spilled on this land”

Pro-agribusiness politicians are pushing the "time frame" proposal which states that if Indigenou...

Silence is Complicity

Silence is Complicity

Warning: contains material some may find disturbing Actor Simone Black outlines just some of the...

Silence is Complicity

Silence is Complicity

Warning: contains material some may find disturbing Actor Cristina do Rego reads from a report d...

Island of Green

Island of Green

The Amazon Guardians sacrifice their lives to protect the #Amazon & their uncontacted neighbors f...

Silence is Complicity

Silence is Complicity

We asked Oscar-winner Mark Rylance to read from a UNDP report that details the human rights abuse...

A murder foretold

A murder foretold

Paulo Paulino Guajajara, an Amazon Guardian, foresees his own death in this moving video filmed b...

“We are against forceful and illegal evictions”

“We are against forceful and illegal evictions”

Pranab Doley, an activist from the Mising tribe, speaks out against planned evictions from Kazira...

"Is this 'development'?"

"Is this 'development'?"

Quechua activist Melania Canales slams large-scale "development" projects and extractive industri...

"Do they want to kill us?"

"Do they want to kill us?"

Awá Indigenous people from the north-eastern Amazon raise the alarm that drones and helicopters –...

“We’ve had enough of this talk of ‘boundaries’ in the forest”

“We’ve had enough of this talk of ‘boundaries’ in the forest”

WWF and the European Commission say they are not aware of human rights violations in the creation...

“We must decolonize conservation”

“We must decolonize conservation”

Listen to Yannick Ndoinyo, a Maasai man from Tanzania, to understand why Protected Areas have had...

Act Now: Amazon Fires

Act Now: Amazon Fires

“Starting fires is an act of violence against nature and Indigenous peoples” Too right! Watch to...

“We are very worried for the lives of our uncontacted relatives”

“We are very worried for the lives of our uncontacted relatives”

Coronavirus is spreading fast through the Javari Valley, home to more uncontacted tribes than any...

“They forced us to sign documents and evicted people”

“They forced us to sign documents and evicted people”

JK Thimma describes how Ullas Karanth (who worked for The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Ind...

“You must stop buying Blood Gold”

“You must stop buying Blood Gold”

Dario Kopenawa Yanomami appeals to the people of India to stop buying gold mined from his people'...

"We need to be united to fight this disease"

"We need to be united to fight this disease"

Coronavirus has already killed hundreds of Indigenous people in Brazil and could decimate unconta...

"We urge the Peruvian government to act fast"

"We urge the Peruvian government to act fast"

The President of ORPIO (Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the East) Jorge Perez Rubio in Peru...

"They want our children to hate their own culture"

"They want our children to hate their own culture"

Adivasi activist and teacher Soni Sori sets out her vision for Indigenous-controlled education an...

"Wildlife is our life"

"Wildlife is our life"

Leela, a young Chenchu man from Amrabad tiger reserve in India, desperately wants his tribe prote...

"They live in trees": what Factory School founder thinks of Indigenous people

"They live in trees": what Factory School founder thinks of Indigenous people

Warning - Offensive Content: This man runs the world's biggest #FactorySchool for Indigenous kids...

“We’re bringing colors to the Indigenous movement”

“We’re bringing colors to the Indigenous movement”

One of the founders of Mídia India and a member of the Guajajara tribe, Erisvan Guajajara, discus...

WCS: Kick racism out of conservation

WCS: Kick racism out of conservation

What's the link between a notorious racist, the mass eviction of tribal people to turn their land...

“We are victims of the big conservation NGOs”

“We are victims of the big conservation NGOs”

Birendra Mahato, from the Tharu tribe in Nepal, explains how Indigenous people are victims of Chi...

“We cannot send our children away”

“We cannot send our children away”

Dodhi Pusika, a leader of the Dongria Kondh tribe of Niyamgiri, India, on the Indigenous-controll...

“We cannot let the colonizers get rid of us”

“We cannot let the colonizers get rid of us”

The uncontacted Ãwa Indigenous people of the "Papaya Forest" on Brazil's Bananal Island are surro...

Missionaries target uncontacted tribes

Missionaries target uncontacted tribes

President Bolsonaro has opened up the territories of uncontacted Amazon tribes to evangelical mis...

Tribute to Paulo Paulino Guajajara

Tribute to Paulo Paulino Guajajara

Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed by invaders in Arariboia Indigenous territory. He was one of t...

"We are living miserable lives"

"We are living miserable lives"

This Jenu Kuruba woman and her family were evicted in the name of conservation from their forest ...

"Our lives were good, really good!"

"Our lives were good, really good!"

This Jenu Kuruba woman, was evicted from Nagarhole Tiger Reserve in india. She talks about life i...

"We need more women in power"

"We need more women in power"

Joênia Wapichana is Brazil's first Indigenous Congresswoman. In this video, she talks about what ...

Napo-Tigre uncontacted tribes

Napo-Tigre uncontacted tribes

Uncontacted Indigenous people living in the Amazon border area between Ecuador and Peru are threa...

"We're in this together"

"We're in this together"

Ma-i and Olimpio from the Guajajara people in Brazil express solidarity with their Indigenous bro...

"Enough blood has been shed"

"Enough blood has been shed"

President Bolsonaro has “declared war” on the Indigenous peoples of Brazil. In this video, young ...

50 years fighting alongside tribal peoples

50 years fighting alongside tribal peoples

To mark our 50th anniversary, a tribute to our supporters. You ARE the global movement for tribal...

"Life is beautiful"

"Life is beautiful"

Barbara, an Indigenous Wayuu leader from La Guajira in Colombia, is receiving death threats. She ...

"They would drug our daughters"

"They would drug our daughters"

Factory schools are destroying countless tribal lives the world over. In this video, a parent sha...

"We demand justice for our daughters"

"We demand justice for our daughters"

Factory schools are destroying countless tribal lives the world over. In this video, a parent sha...

The Guardians of the Amazon

The Guardians of the Amazon

The Amazon Guardians are a group of brave, inspirational people putting their lives on the line t...

“We are heavily targeted by agribusiness”

“We are heavily targeted by agribusiness”

Discrimination, “development” projects, mining, deforestation... In this video, Jeremias, from th...

"Thank you for fighting alongside us”

"Thank you for fighting alongside us”

Ernestina, an Indigenous leader of the Makuxi people from Brazil, has a message of gratitude for ...

"President Bolsonaro: stop your hate speech"

"President Bolsonaro: stop your hate speech"

President Bolsonaro has “declared war” on the Indigenous people of Brazil. Adriano, from the Kari...

“Climate change isn’t a thing of the future"

“Climate change isn’t a thing of the future"

The movement for the climate is gaining traction all over the world. In this #TribalVoice video, ...

Actress and Producer Q'orianka Kilcher appeals for people to support Survival

Actress and Producer Q'orianka Kilcher appeals for people to support Survival

Actor and Producer Q’orianka Kilcher explains why Indigenous land rights are the key to protectin...

Davi Yanomami on climate change

Davi Yanomami on climate change

Indigenous peoples are on the frontlines fighting climate change. Listen to Yanomami leader and s...

"The illegal miners killed two Yanomami"

"The illegal miners killed two Yanomami"

While most Yanomami have some sporadic contact with mainstream society, some are uncontacted. Ind...

"Our land is our heritage"

"Our land is our heritage"

Shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, speaks about what the proposed mining bill would mean for his people.

Davi and the Yanomami

Davi and the Yanomami

Amazonian shaman and leader Davi Kopenawa Yanomami on his tribe's life and land, shamanism and hi...

"Our greatest enemy is the government"

"Our greatest enemy is the government"

President Jair Bolsonaro has ‘declared war’ on Brazil’s Indigenous peoples. But they are fighting...

"We can't afford to wait much longer"

"We can't afford to wait much longer"

In the 1970s and 80s, American fundamentalist New Tribes Mission (NTM) helped organise ‘manhunts’...

“Which jungle has been made by the government?”

“Which jungle has been made by the government?”

Budraham, a Baiga activist from India, opposes government plans to turn their forest into a tiger...

"Only we villagers know what’s happening"

"Only we villagers know what’s happening"

Earlier this year, India's Supreme Court ordered the eviction of 8 million tribal and forest dwel...

Uncontacted Awá in the Amazon © Mídia Índia

Uncontacted Awá in the Amazon © Mídia Índia

Extraordinary new footage showing some of the most threatened uncontacted peoples in the world ha...

“They’re killing us with pen and paper”

“They’re killing us with pen and paper”

President Bolsonaro has “declared war” on Brazil’s Indigenous peoples. Activist Celia Xakriabá sh...

“The Paraguayan government should be ashamed”

“The Paraguayan government should be ashamed”

The Indigenous Ayoreo have been fighting for their uncontacted relatives and their land for 40 ye...

"Our hills are like our parents to us"

"Our hills are like our parents to us"

In this video from India, a Baiga man shares what the hills mean to him and his people. Indigenou...

Factory Schools: crimes against children

Factory Schools: crimes against children

Two million tribal and Indigenous children are in Factory Schools today. Lives are destroyed and ...

"President Bolsonaro is a threat to Indigenous people"

"President Bolsonaro is a threat to Indigenous people"

President Bolsonaro has “declared war” on the Indigenous people of Brazil. In this Tribal Voice v...

“If the jungle is taken away from us how will we survive?"

“If the jungle is taken away from us how will we survive?"

Kunni Bai, from the Baiga tribe in India, describes how the jungle provides them with all the med...

Baka people in Congo call out WWF for telling tales

Baka people in Congo call out WWF for telling tales

WWF claim that the Baka "know that WWF is on their side". We asked some Baka people if they agree...

“Gunshots have been fired”

“Gunshots have been fired”

The Indigenous Guardians of Arariboia in the Brazilian Amazon are protecting their land and the u...

"They want to kill us all"

"They want to kill us all"

In 2018, Brazil led the world in rainforest destruction. Tainaky Tenetehar is a Guardian of the A...

"For the Orang Asli land development spells destruction"

"For the Orang Asli land development spells destruction"

The Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia have had much of their land stolen for deforestation, oil p...

Robin Hanbury-Tenison speaks at our 50th birthday party

Robin Hanbury-Tenison speaks at our 50th birthday party

Robin Hanbury-Tenison, one of the founders of Survival International, makes a speech at Survival'...

Survival Ambassador Mark Rylance speaks at our 50th birthday party

Survival Ambassador Mark Rylance speaks at our 50th birthday party

Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance, a Survival International Ambassador, makes a speech at Survival...

Mya-Rose Craig, AKA Birdgirl, speaks at our 50th birthday party

Mya-Rose Craig, AKA Birdgirl, speaks at our 50th birthday party

Mya-Rose Craig, AKA Birdgirl, makes a speech at Survival's 50th birthday celebration.

Survival's former Director Stephen Corry speaks at our 50th birthday party

Survival's former Director Stephen Corry speaks at our 50th birthday party

Stephen Corry, former Director of Survival International, makes a speech at Survival's 50th birth...

Zembla investigation into WWF abuse

Zembla investigation into WWF abuse

A Dutch TV programme called Zembla conducted a new investigation into WWF's practices, revealing ...

Uncontacted Matsés

Uncontacted Matsés

The Matsés tribe are concerned about oil exploration in their territory. Learn more: https://www....

Olimpio says thank you to Survival International

Olimpio says thank you to Survival International

Olimpio Guajajara says thank you to Survival International and its supporters for 50 years campai...

Baka call on WWF to stop funding anti-poaching squads

Baka call on WWF to stop funding anti-poaching squads

In this film, recorded in November 2014, Baka from Ndongo, a village where WWF has a regional bas...

Deforestation around Xingu Indigenous Park

Deforestation around Xingu Indigenous Park

The Xingu Indigenous territory in Brazil is a barrier to deforestation.

Venezuelan military open fire on a group of Pemon Indians

Venezuelan military open fire on a group of Pemon Indians

The shooting took place on 22 February 2019, near the border with Brazil.

Who are the Sentinelese?

Who are the Sentinelese?

The Sentinelese are the most isolated tribe in the world, and have captured the imagination of mi...

Paulette describes abuses against Baka people committed by park rangers backed by WWF

Paulette describes abuses against Baka people committed by park rangers backed by WWF

The Baka tribe of the Congo have experienced horrific human rights abuses at the hands of WWF-fun...

WTF WWF

WTF WWF

The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) are complicit in land theft in Republic of Congo. Learn more:...

Suzanne explains how Baka people are being excluded from the forests they rely on to survive

Suzanne explains how Baka people are being excluded from the forests they rely on to survive

The Baka tribe of the Congo have experienced horrific human rights abuses at the hands of WWF-fun...

Launching: Tribal Voice

Launching: Tribal Voice

Your platform to speak to the world. Send in your video today! Learn more: https://www.survivalin...

Please join the movement today

Please join the movement today

Oscar-winning actor & Survival Ambassador Mark Rylance makes an urgent appeal for Survival Intern...

NO to PEC 215!

NO to PEC 215!

Adalto Guarani asks people around the world to help stop plans which could destroy Indigenous peo...

Pire'i Awá – Success!

Pire'i Awá – Success!

Pire'i Awá describes life for his people in the north-eastern Amazon rainforest, after Survival's...

Baka plead for an end to abuse in the name of conservation

Baka plead for an end to abuse in the name of conservation

In southeast Cameroon, Baka and their neighbors continue to be illegally evicted in the name of c...

The Last of the Kawahiva

The Last of the Kawahiva

In the Brazilian Amazon, a tiny group of uncontacted people teeters on the brink of extinction. S...

Irahoa's Story

Irahoa's Story

Soon after first contact, Irahoa Awá recounts his life on the run in the forest.

Tribal Voice – Marcio Guarani

Tribal Voice – Marcio Guarani

Tribal Voice is a project by Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ righ...

"We are humans too"

"We are humans too"

Guarani leader Eliseu Lopes describes his tribe's quest to return to their ancestral land.

Baka suffer abuse in the name of conservation

Baka suffer abuse in the name of conservation

In southeast Cameroon, Baka and their neighbors are being illegally forced from their ancestral h...

The dark side of Brazil

The dark side of Brazil

Kayapó leader Megaron Txukaramae talks about the draft bills that threaten to weaken Indigenous p...

There You Go!

There You Go!

Created by Oren Ginzburg and narrated by David Mitchell.

Indonesia's brutal attack on West Papuan rally

Indonesia's brutal attack on West Papuan rally

Shocking scenes of Indonesia's brutal suppression of a West Papuan rally on October 19 2011 ©SBS...

Baka health plummets due to conservation

Baka health plummets due to conservation

In the Congo Basin, the Baka, Bayaka and dozens of other rainforest peoples are being illegally e...

Bronx Zoo organization complicit in abuse of the Bayaka

Bronx Zoo organization complicit in abuse of the Bayaka

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which is one of the world's oldest conservation organiza...

Uncontacted tribes

Uncontacted tribes

Join the global campaign for uncontacted tribes' rights, today: https://www.survivalinternational...

Baka person speaks out against destructive loggers

Baka person speaks out against destructive loggers

Some of the world's largest logging groups are destroying the Baka's ancestral forests in the Con...

Baka person speaks out as girl dies in the name of conservation

Baka person speaks out as girl dies in the name of conservation

The Baka are being illegally evicted from their ancestral homelands in the Cameroon and Congo. T...

Baka father speaks out against WWF-funded abuse

Baka father speaks out against WWF-funded abuse

A Baka father talks about how an anti-poaching squad beat his young daughter, who was just 10 yea...

Human rights abuse and trophy hunting in Cameroon

Human rights abuse and trophy hunting in Cameroon

An elephant-hunting safari operation jointly owned by French billionaire Benjamin de Rothschild h...

Baka reports abuse by wildlife guard Mpaé Désiré and others

Baka reports abuse by wildlife guard Mpaé Désiré and others

A Baka man, interviewed in 2015, reports abuse by Cameroonian wildlife guard Mpaé Désiré. Mpaé D...

"Maybe we will die"

"Maybe we will die"

Kwegu Indigenous people in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley report in 2015 that they are starving as a...

Bayaka and Baiga speak out about abuse in the name of "conservation"

Bayaka and Baiga speak out about abuse in the name of "conservation"

Powerful video testimonies of Bayaka “Pygmies” in the Republic of Congo highlight their intimate ...

A talk by Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa

A talk by Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa

A talk by Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa.

Tribal families evicted for "tiger conservation"

Tribal families evicted for "tiger conservation"

Moving first-hand accounts by the residents of Jholar village in Kanha tiger reserve, who have no...

Interview with Kayapó leader Raoni Metuktire

Interview with Kayapó leader Raoni Metuktire

Raoni talks about threats to uncontacted tribes in Brazil and the impacts of the controversial Be...

The Awá tribe

The Awá tribe

Film about Survival's successful campaign to protect the Awá's land made by the BBC.

Earth's most threatened tribe: the campaign triumphs!

Earth's most threatened tribe: the campaign triumphs!

Brazil's government bows to the global campaign and expels all illegal loggers. Learn more: http...

Lodu Sikaka

Lodu Sikaka

Dongria Kondh leader's refusal to allow the mining of Niyamgiri. © KBK SAMACHAR, 2013

Time is running out for the Awá

Time is running out for the Awá

An urgent message from the Awá tribe. #StopBrazilsGenocide svlint.org/BrazilGenocide

Matsés tribe

Matsés tribe

Matsés woman Antonina Duni Goya Nesho talks about her son's future. Learn more: https://www.surv...

"When they found him, he was dead."

"When they found him, he was dead."

Dilia's husband was murdered and tortured more than 22 years ago. His killers still evade justice...

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

The reunion. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://www.survivalinternational.org/articles/kar...

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

The sole survivor. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://www.survivalinternational.org/articl...

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

A man of the forest. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://www.survivalinternational.org/arti...

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

Karapiru approaches the outsiders. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://www.survivalinternat...

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

Karapiru hid from the outsiders. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://www.survivalinternatio...

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

Karapiru Awá: In his own words

Karapiru remembers the tragedy that befell his family. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://...

Quentin Blake

Quentin Blake

The artist and illustrator talks about his support for Survival. Get involved: https://svlint.o...

Message from the Awá

Message from the Awá

An urgent demand for help from earth's most threatened tribe. #StopBrazilsGenocide svlint.org/Br...

Channel 7's 'racist' infanticide report

Channel 7's 'racist' infanticide report

Dangerous rubbish: visiting the Suruwaha is “literally time-travelling back 10,000 years”; “threa...

Message to Anil Agarwal

Message to Anil Agarwal

The Dongria tell mining company Vedanta's chairman to leave them in peace.

Lodu's Message

Lodu's Message

Dongria call on mining company Vedanta to leave ahead of AGM

Tribes from the air

Tribes from the air

Tribes from the air

From the Omo Valley

From the Omo Valley

A Mursi woman speaks out against the destruction of the tribe's crops. Her identity has been hidd...

Recently contacted Awá

Recently contacted Awá

Recently Contacted Awá speak about their experiences in the forest and after contact. Learn more ...

Uncontacted forest

Uncontacted forest

Uncontacted forest

Hunting cam

Hunting cam

The long train

The long train

One of the world’s longest trains passes Awá land. Mining giant Vale wants to expand the tracks s...

On the tracks

On the tracks

On the tracks

Timber Thieves

Timber Thieves

Footage, shot by Brazilian government officials, of trucks illegally taking timber from the Awá t...

Visiting the well

Visiting the well

After 10 years of fighting for their right to stay on their land and have access to water, the Bu...

Lost Forever

Lost Forever

The late Boa Sr talks in Bo (her native tongue) and Hindi about her dying language. © Anvita Abbi...

Proud Not Primitve

Proud Not Primitve

Indigenous peoples are proud, not primitive.

ILO 169: the international law

ILO 169: the international law

Across the world, tribal peoples' lands are being stolen and their communities devastated. ILO Co...

Ancestral Lands

Ancestral Lands

Having spent nearly two years camped at the side of the road, this Guarani community want to retu...

Life in a bubble?

Life in a bubble?

The Zo'é are one of the most isolated of all contacted tribes in Brazil. But are the authorities ...

Akuntsu's Last Dance

Akuntsu's Last Dance

In a small patch of rainforest in Brazil, the last survivors of a genocide dance. Learn more: sv...

On the Edge

On the Edge

Brazil's Awá tribe rely on their forest home for survival but intensive logging poses a serious t...

Torture in West Papua

Torture in West Papua

Most of this video is unsuitable for general viewing. Broadcasters can contact Survival for furth...

Uncontacted Chaco

Uncontacted Chaco

A special report from the Paraguayan Chaco. Recently contacted Ayoreo people are worried for the ...

Forest Beekeepers

Forest Beekeepers

'Conservation' measures threaten Kenya's Ogiek tribe with eviction from their forest home.

A message from Lodu

A message from Lodu

Abducted Dongria Kondh leader Lodu Sikaka speaks out against Vedanta Resources's proposed mine.

"One must have courage"

"One must have courage"

Despite living through years of injustice, racism and violence, the Guaraní people are resilient ...

The Things They Said

The Things They Said

The extinction or assimilation of tribal people has been predicted for over 500 years. Wrong then...

The Gunmen

The Gunmen

A Guaraní community describe the threat posed by gunmen, hired by the ranchers who stole their la...

Brutal Evictions

Brutal Evictions

Ogiek houses were torched and smashed in the latest wave of evictions. Two Ogiek who lost their h...

Singing and Dancing

Singing and Dancing

The Dongria Kondh of Orissa, India dance.

"Before we knew it, we'd all caught pneumonia."

"Before we knew it, we'd all caught pneumonia."

The Matis of Brazil recall the devastating impact of first contact. Learn more: svlint.org/uncon...

Last of the Bo Tribe Sings

Last of the Bo Tribe Sings

Boa Sr, the last member of the Bo tribe, who died in January 2010, sings.

Survival's Greenwashing Award

Survival's Greenwashing Award

Is presented to Yaguarete Porá S.A. for dressing up the wholesale destruction of a huge area of t...

Two Worlds of the Innu

Two Worlds of the Innu

An extract from the documentary, 'Two Worlds of the Innu'. Tribal elder Pien Penashue drums and s...

Environmental Destruction in Siberia

Environmental Destruction in Siberia

Presented by Richard Dawkins, this extract from the BBC's Human Rights, Human Wrongs series, look...

Mobil Explore for Oil

Mobil Explore for Oil

This WTN report looked at the controversy surrounding Mobil's exploration in the Peruvian Amazon,...

Contact Expedition

Contact Expedition

Film of a government contact mission to the Jarawa. Until 1998, the Jarawa resisted contact with ...

Wrestling Contest

Wrestling Contest

The Nuba are famous for their wrestling contests. This clip, filmed in 1991 and taken from 'Kafi'...

A Mursi Ritual

A Mursi Ritual

In this extract from the Disappearing World film 'In Search of Cool Ground', the Mursi stage a ri...

The Mursi and their cattle

The Mursi and their cattle

An extract from Granada TV's Disappearing World trilogy on the Mursi. This clip, taken from the f...

Documentary: Endangered Jarawa

Documentary: Endangered Jarawa

A documentary by Journeyman Pictures, filmed at a time when the Jarawa were losing their fear of ...

The Bushmen: A Special Report

The Bushmen: A Special Report

Television journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts explores the political and economic reasons behind the ev...

Contact Mission Sentinelese

Contact Mission Sentinelese

Footage from one of many government attempts to establish contact with the Sentinelese by fosteri...

Before Columbus

Before Columbus

This extract from the documentary Before Columbus, shows how the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, ho...

Gene Hunters

Gene Hunters

An extract filmed in an Arhuaco village from Gene Hunters, a documentary about the Human Genome D...

"Soya is killing us," say vegetarian tribe

"Soya is killing us," say vegetarian tribe

ITV News report from the Brazilian Amazon on the devastating effects of soya farming on the Enawe...

Roadblocks and Chainsaws

Roadblocks and Chainsaws

This feature from ITV's Go for Green looks at the impact of logging on the Indigenous people of S...

An Appeal from the Penan

An Appeal from the Penan

Extracts from Gaia Films' "Into the heart of the last paradise", including an appeal from the Pen...

The Hunt

The Hunt

The Nukak are expert hunters. In this extract from 'Nukak-Maku: the last forest nomads', filmed i...

The Grasberg Mine

The Grasberg Mine

BBC report on the tension and violence long associated with the Grasberg copper and gold mine in ...

The Eviction of the Bushmen

The Eviction of the Bushmen

A film crew from Carte Blanche, a South African investigative TV programme, were the only indepen...

In the Stomach of the Dragon

In the Stomach of the Dragon

Documentary made by Small World Productions about the impact of the Grasberg copper and gold mine...

An Appeal from Judi Dench

An Appeal from Judi Dench

Actress Judi Dench makes an appeal on behalf of Survival International. Get involved: https://sv...

The Bushmen on BBC News

The Bushmen on BBC News

In August 2002, John Simpson reported for BBC News from the Kalahari and from the new eviction si...

Doris Pilkington's Bushmen Appeal

Doris Pilkington's Bushmen Appeal

Doris Pilkington Garimara, the Aboriginal author of 'Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence', speaks about...

Vedanta Smokescreen

Vedanta Smokescreen

Just as the pilgrims 'bought' Manhattan from Indigenous peoples for a handful of trinkets, Vedant...

A Poison to the Penan

A Poison to the Penan

The Penan of Sarawak express anguish over the logging of their land.

Swidden Farming

Swidden Farming

The Batak of the Philippines rely on their traditional farming methods. Tribal peoples are the be...

Massana - Moments in Play and Ritual

Massana - Moments in Play and Ritual

Short documentary studying the use of roleplay by the Yaka 'Pygmies' in their social rituals. © J...

Kenya's Castaways

Kenya's Castaways

Short film looking at the negative effects Kenya's 'development' processes have had on the Ogiek.

Surviving Canada

Surviving Canada

An extract from a documentary examining the terrible effects that years of injustice have had on ...

Indigenous Australians meet the Maasai

Indigenous Australians meet the Maasai

In a show of solidarity, Indigenous Australians met with the Maasai in Kenya to share their exper...

'Development' comes to the Enxet

'Development' comes to the Enxet

Most of the Enxet of Paraguay are now exploited as laborers by the very cattle ranchers who stole...

Massacres in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Massacres in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

An investigative report by World Television News into the terrible violence inflicted upon the Ju...

Death at Devil's Bend

Death at Devil's Bend

An eyewitness account of the violence that erupted after the Peruvian government decided to break...

Let the Innu Live

Let the Innu Live

In support of the Innu, protesters climbed to the top of Nelson's Column in London to reveal a me...

Awá feature on BBC Four

Awá feature on BBC Four

BBC reporter Mike Donkin investigates the increasing invasions into Awá land perpetrated by logge...

Encounters with the Uncontacted

Encounters with the Uncontacted

Two Peruvian men share their account of seeing an uncontacted tribe. Learn more: svlint.org/unco...

An appeal from Richard Gere

An appeal from Richard Gere

Filmed in 1995, Richard Gere explains why he supports Survival International.

Sacred Sites

Sacred Sites

Short documentary revealing how Indigenous Australians prepared their claim for land rights.

Tribes of the Andamans

Tribes of the Andamans

An introduction to the tribes of the Andaman Islands. Learn more: svlint.org/whoareuncontacted

CNN: Sentinelese

CNN: Sentinelese

After the tsunami in 2004, CNN covered the survival of the Sentinelese of the Andaman Islands and...

On the Run

On the Run

The Awá are one of only two nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes left in Brazil but their forest is dwi...

"Not even this handful of soil"

"Not even this handful of soil"

The Dongria Kondh explain why they vehemently oppose the building of a mine on their land and wha...

We live for our Niyamgiri: Dongria Kondh tribe, India

We live for our Niyamgiri: Dongria Kondh tribe, India

The Dongria Kondh have lived in Niyamgiri for thousands of years and their lifestyle and religion...

"Our land is our heritage"

"Our land is our heritage"

Leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, speaks about what the proposed mining bill would mean f...

The Evidence

The Evidence

The Peruvian government has denied they exist but the evidence is irrefutable. In this short vide...

A Tragic First Contact

A Tragic First Contact

Jorge, a Murunahua man who lost his eye when he was shot by loggers during first contact, recalls...

"No people is better than another."

"No people is better than another."

Two Brazilian Indigenous people from Raposa-Serra do Sol, Jacir José de Souza and Pierlangela Nas...

Poachers

Poachers

Jarawa denounce poachers who invade their land. This group was filmed as they voluntarily came ou...

"His voice is not silenced"

"His voice is not silenced"

In this emotional interview, Marcos Verón's daughter-in-law tells Survival researcher Fiona Watso...

Virgin Forest

Virgin Forest

The Batak of the Philippines reveal the devastation caused to their land by illegal loggers and r...

Crisis Point

Crisis Point

As bulldozers and cattle ranchers encroach further into their territory the Ayoreo of Paraguay ar...

From the Kalahari to Court

From the Kalahari to Court

The extraordinary story of how the Bushmen of the Kalahari took their government to court and won...

The Akuntsu's Last Dance

The Akuntsu's Last Dance

In a small patch of rainforest in Brazil, the last survivors of a genocide dance. Act now to #St...

Black Oil, Red Gold

Black Oil, Red Gold

Peru's uncontacted tribes are facing the gravest threat in their history as loggers and oil compa...

Most Isolated

Most Isolated

On India's remote Andaman Islands, the world's most isolated tribe has lived alone for up to 55,0...

Contact and Death in the Amazon

Contact and Death in the Amazon

Brazil's uncontacted tribes are being devastated by disease, but there is hope. Learn more: https...

Uncontacted Tribes

Uncontacted Tribes

There are more than one hundred uncontacted tribes around the world. They aren’t primitive relics...

Vengence of the Yakairiti

Vengence of the Yakairiti

Brazil's Enawene Nawe rely on the forest and the rivers. How will their ancestral spirits respond...

"Blood flows for our land"

"Blood flows for our land"

Gunmen hired by Paulo César Quartiero, a local farmer and politician, attack a Makuxi Indian comm...

"It was beautiful here"

"It was beautiful here"

An Enawene Nawe man tells of his anguish over the deforestation of his tribe's territory by ranch...

Beast with Metal Skin

Beast with Metal Skin

In 1994 a bulldozer driver clearing the forest at night was attacked out of the darkness. Althoug...

Colonialism vs. Conservation

Colonialism vs. Conservation

People have been comparing big conservation with colonialism... do they have a point?

Baka abused in the name of conservation

Baka abused in the name of conservation

The Baka tribe in Congo have suffered human rights abuses at the hands of WWF-funded park rangers...

Contacting the Korubo

Contacting the Korubo

An unique video clip showing FUNAI (the Brazilian Indian Affairs Department) making contact with ...

Stop The Con

Stop The Con

Find out why Tesia cares so much about stopping the conservation con, and what she did to launch ...

BBC: Kaziranga Tiger Reserve

BBC: Kaziranga Tiger Reserve

Tribal people living around Kaziranga face arrest, beatings, torture and death under the park’s n...

Achanakmar Tiger Reserve

Achanakmar Tiger Reserve

Evictions from Achanakmar Tiger Reserve have been taking place since 2009. The evicted Baiga now ...

Kanha Tiger Reserve

Kanha Tiger Reserve

A Baiga man from Kanha Tiger Reserve in India describes why his tribe must be allowed to remain o...

World Rhino Day: A message from Kaziranga

World Rhino Day: A message from Kaziranga

Pranab from the Mising tribe in Kaziranga National Park in India explains why it's so urgent that...

"They beat me, pounded up chilli pepper and rubbed it over my body"

"They beat me, pounded up chilli pepper and rubbed it over my body"

The Baka tribe in the Congo Basin are accused of poaching when they hunt to feed their families. ...

BREAKING: uncontacted Kawahiva caught on camera

BREAKING: uncontacted Kawahiva caught on camera

The Kawahiva were caught on camera in a chance encounter with FUNAI workers. This is some of the ...

The Last of the Kawahiva

The Last of the Kawahiva

Watch this video narrated by Mark Rylance who spearheaded our global campaign to ensure the prote...

The Last of his Tribe

The Last of his Tribe

This video shows the last of his tribe: a man whose entire family and people were wiped out by vi...

BREAKING: Uncontacted Awá footage

BREAKING: Uncontacted Awá footage

Images filmed during a chance encounter. © Guardians of the Amazon Uncontacted tribes are the mo...

Guardians of the Amazon

Guardians of the Amazon

The Guajajara Guardians explain why they need your support to help protect the Amazon and their u...

Awá: people and animals

Awá: people and animals

The Awá tribe have an extraordinarily close relationship with their pets: most families have many...

Burning truck of illegal loggers

Burning truck of illegal loggers

Introducing: Tribal Voice

Introducing: Tribal Voice

Tribal Voice: unheard voices, unique perspectives. More than one hundred and fifty million men, ...

Dr Mordecai Ogada on "The Big Conservation Lie"

Dr Mordecai Ogada on "The Big Conservation Lie"

Dr Mordecai Ogada introduces the case against big conservation organizations in his new book: how...

Uncontacted tribes

Uncontacted tribes

There are more than one hundred uncontacted tribes around the world. They aren’t primitive relics...

Tribal Pets

Tribal Pets

The Awá tribe are extraordinary pet keepers: most families have many more pets than people, from ...

Seeing (PSA 30 sec)

Seeing (PSA 30 sec)

There are many different ways of living on this planet, who's to say their way is best?

Strength In Numbers: Tribe vs Corporation

Strength In Numbers: Tribe vs Corporation

Join the movement for tribal peoples: http://www.survivalinternational.org The Dongria Kondh tri...

Uncontacted Amazon Tribe: First ever aerial footage

Uncontacted Amazon Tribe: First ever aerial footage

http://www.uncontactedtribes.org For the first time, extraordinary aerial footage of one of the ...

Stranger in the Forest: First Contact in the Amazon

Stranger in the Forest: First Contact in the Amazon

A short documentary about the dangerous effects of first contact on the tribes of Brazil. There ...

Suruwaha respond 2 of 2

Suruwaha respond 2 of 2