Uncontacted tribe’s plight sparks mass Indian plea to president
The desperate plight of the last remaining uncontacted Indians in Paraguay has sparked a mass Indian plea to Paraguay's new president.
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Tribe vows to fight mine with axes and arrows
One of India’s most isolated tribes, the Dongria Kondh, is preparing to stop British FTSE 100 company Vedanta from mining aluminium ore on their sacred mountain, after police and hired thugs forced protestors to dismantle a barricade.
Amazon tribe’s protest shuts down dam site
Indians from the Enawene Nawe tribe in the Brazilian Amazon occupied and shut down the site of a huge hydroelectric dam on Saturday, destroying equipment, in an attempt to save the river that runs through their land.
Sat photos reveal uncontacted tribe’s land being destroyed
New satellite photos reveal that the territory of Paraguay's only remaining uncontacted Indians is rapidly being destroyed.
Minister makes promise on refugee uncontacted tribes
Peru's Minister of Environment has spoken publicly about some of the world's last uncontacted Indians, fleeing for their lives from Peru to Brazil.
Penan mount logging road blockade
Penan communities in Sarawak, Malaysia, have mounted a road blockade against the logging company Interhill in an attempt to stop the destruction of their last remaining rainforests.
Government to investigate sexual abuse claims
The Malaysian government has said it will investigate allegations by members of the Penan tribe of Sarawak that logging company workers are routinely sexually abusing Penan women, including schoolgirls.
Uncontacted tribes report is 100 days late
One hundred days after Peru’s government promised to report on the impact of illegal logging on uncontacted Indians in the remote Amazon, no report has been made public.