Blockade stops British company’s midnight entry into tribes' land
A blockade mounted by 50 protestors stopped British mining company Vedanta entering the land of the Dongria Kondh tribe under cover of darkness last night.
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British company poised to send hundreds of workers into uncontacted tribes’ territory
An Anglo-French oil company is poised to send more than 1000 workers into a remote part of the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by uncontacted Indians.
Outside world brings death to tsunami survivor tribes
Contact with the outside world is bringing death to the tribes of the Andaman Islands, who famously survived the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.
Army ambushes and assassinates Indigenous man
The Colombian army has assassinated an Indigenous Colombian man.
Survival names 2008’s top five tribal stories
The biggest tribal news story of 2008 was the publication of photos of an uncontacted tribe on the Brazil-Peru border, says Survival International.
Guarani child dies of starvation
A Guarani child has died of starvation and at least four others are suffering from malnutrition in the community of Kurusu Mba, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Santa makes special delivery to tribal rights’ violator
Santa Claus today made a special delivery to the Mayfair home of Anil Agarwal, billionaire Chairman of UK mining giant Vedanta Resources.
Dam workers attack Enawene Nawe Indians
Hydroelectric dam workers have attacked a group of Enawene Nawe Indians who were fishing near a dam building site last week.