Historic double triumph for Indians over oil companies
A Chinese oil company, SAPET, exploring in the southeast Peruvian Amazon has announced it will not enter territory inhabited by isolated Indians.
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Suicide of Amazon nomad leader
A leader of the nomadic Nukak tribe has committed suicide after drinking a poison usually used by his people to kill fish.
Miners set fire to Yekuana and Sanema houses
Communal houses belonging to Yekuana and Sanema Indians living in the Caura river basin, in the southern state of Bolivar, have been burned down by gold miners. Indian leaders have received death threats and one was beaten up by miners.
Landmark trial begins
19 years after the murder of Vicente Canas, the trial of those accused of killing him began today in Cuiabá, capital of Mato Grosso state.
Guarani Indian mother of four commits suicide
Teresa Murilha, a young Guarani Kaiowá mother of four children, killed herself on 11 October. Her oldest son found her body hanging from the rafters of their shack in the community of Paso Piraju.
Aborigines win 'native title' over Perth
The Noongar Aborigines, traditional owners of the land surrounding Western Australia's capital city, Perth, have won legal recognition of their ownership in a landmark court ruling.
Oil company 'won't drill on isolated Indians' land'
An oil company exploring for oil in the Peruvian Amazon has announced that it will not enter the territory of isolated Indians, even though the area was inside its concession.
African human rights watchdog slams Botswanas treatment of Bushmen
The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR), the continents top human rights body, is about to publish its report on Indigenous peoples in Botswana.