Leader of Mro tribe released from prison
Ranglai Mro, leader of the remote Mro (or Mru) people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, was released on bail today after almost two years in prison.
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Illegal miners murder Yekuana Indian
Illegal goldminers shot dead a Yekuana leader and injured his son on Wednesday in the Brazilian state of Roraima.
Anglo-French oil company faces billion dollar headache in Amazon
An Anglo-French oil company hoping to drill for oil on uncontacted tribes’ land in the Peruvian Amazon may be forced to abandon the project after the government threatened to withdraw investment in it.
Indigenous delegation travel down Amazon to World Social Forum
A delegation of one hundred Indigenous leaders and representatives of Indigenous organizations is travelling by ship down the Amazon to the World Social Forum.
Indigenous leaders' inauguration
In the month the world saw the inauguration of the first African-American as president of the United States, two Indigenous leaders were inaugurated as mayor and vice-mayor of a town in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
President's New Year's resolutions include uncontacted tribe
A cartoon published today by Survival International lists protecting the rights of an uncontacted tribe in Paraguay as one of President Lugo’s New Year’s Resolutions for 2009.
7,000 march against British mining company Vedanta
Thousands of protestors in India marched against British mining firm Vedanta on Saturday, to oppose the company’s plans to mine a sacred mountain and feed its aluminium refinery.
New Year card for Vedanta’s shareholders predicts Indian tribe’s destruction
Key shareholders in British mining giant Vedanta Resources received a New Year card this morning, congratulating them on their involvement in the impending destruction of the remote Indian hill tribe, the Dongria Kondh.