France to return Maori heads
France's National Assembly voted last week to return 16 tattooed and mummified Maori heads to New Zealand.
News from the Maasai
First African country ratifies international law for tribal peoples
The Central African Republic has ratified International Labour Organization Convention 169 on the rights of Indigenous and tribal peoples.
New Zealand finally supports UN Declaration on Indigenous rights
New Zealand has endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, after opposing it for almost three years.
Mark Rylance becomes Survival ambassador
Olivier Award winning actor and long-term Survival supporter, Mark Rylance, has become an ambassador for Survival
Guatemala adopts Indigenous rights into Constitution
The Constitutional Court of Guatemala has adopted ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and tribal peoples into the country’s Constitution.
Tribe sights uncontacted Amazon Indians
A previously unknown Indian tribe has been spotted in the south-western Amazon.
Venezuelan Indians killed
Yukpa Indian leader, Sabino Romero, has been detained following the deaths of two Yukpa in a fight
Pressure mounts on Tanzanian government following Maasai evictions
Pressure is mounting on the Tanzanian government following the recent violent evictions of Maasai from their land in Loliondo, Northern Tanzania, to make way for the hunting company, Otterlo Business Corporation (OBC).