Brazil: Davi Yanomami awarded top honour
Yanomami shaman and spokesman from Brazil's Amazon rainforest, has been awarded Brazil's Order of Cultural Merit
News from the Yanomami
Yanomami tribe raises alarm as uncontacted Indians “disappear”
Overflights to monitor the uncontacted Indians' land have returned with news that their communal house is empty
Venezuelan tribes protest against violent mining gangs
Mining for gold and minerals is destroying the lives and lands of Amazon Indians.
Brazil: Blood samples returned to Yanomami after nearly 50 years
The Yanomami in Brazil buried the samples during a special funerary ceremony
'Before They Pass Away' slammed as 'patronizing' before NY exhibition
Photographer Jimmy Nelson's work has been attacked for portraying a false image of tribal people
"Stop destroying the Earth's lungs", Amazon Indians plead in Europe
Davi Yanomami and Mauricio Yekuana warned that the destruction of the Amazon is a danger for all humanity.
Brazil: Gunmen threaten to assassinate leading Amazon shaman
Yanomami shaman and spokesperson Davi Kopenawa has received a series of death threats by armed men.
Amazon Indians join forces to reject 'devastating' mining
Several Amazonian tribes have warned that mining is destroying their land and threatening their existence.