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Uncontacted Mashco-Piro tribe filmed in close encounter 21 Aug 2013 | 09:41 pm
The photos are the closest sightings of uncontacted Indians ever recorded on camera © D.Cortijo/uncontactedtribes.org Uncontacted Mashco-Piro Indians have been sighted on riverbanks in Peru’s remote...
Venezuelan indigenous organizations express ‘deep pain’ 20 years after massacre 21 Aug 2013 | 08:54 pm
Yanomami Indians hold urns containing the ashes of their relatives killed in the Haximu massacre © C Zacquini/ Survival The Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of Amazonas State (COIAM) in Vene...
Ecuador scraps plan to save uncontacted tribes' land 19 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
Ecuador's Waorani Indians are related to the uncontacted Tagaeri and Taromenane tribes. All are under great threat from oil exploration in the Yasuni Park. © John Wright/Survival Ecuador’s President...
Real 'Avatar' tribe deals fatal blow to Vedanta mine 19 Aug 2013 | 06:58 pm
The Dongria Kondh have overwhelmingly rejected Vedanta's mine in their sacred hills. © Jason Taylor/Survival India’s Dongria Kondh tribe has overwhelmingly rejected plans by notorious British mining...
Brazil – rare footage of uncontacted tribe released 16 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
A hastily-abandoned house of uncontacted Indians, Rio Pardo, Brazil. © Survival Brazil’s Indian affairs department, FUNAI, has released rare footage of an uncontacted tribe living in the heart of Br...
Plans to evict Botswana Bushmen revealed by leaked report 15 Aug 2013 | 02:02 pm
The leaked report details how to evict Ranyane residents who resist relocation, such as sealing their borehole. © Survival International Survival International has obtained detailed plans for the fo...
Survivors of Yanomami massacre speak out 20 years on 13 Aug 2013 | 02:02 pm
Survivors of the Haximu massacre, in which gold-miners killed 16 Yanomami Indians, hold urns containing the ashes of their relatives. © C Zacquini/ Survival Survivors of a gruesome massacre in which...
Peru repeals official report on threats to uncontacted tribes 9 Aug 2013 | 08:23 pm
Raya, a Nahua elder. More than half his people were wiped out after their land was opened up for oil exploration, Peru. © Johan Wildhagen Peru’s Prime Minister has announced that his government has ...
Proof of uncontacted Indians is serious blow to oil giant 8 Aug 2013 | 03:31 pm
Many of the local Matsés Indians believe the uncontacted Indians are related to their tribe. They strongly reject Pacific Rubiales' work in the proposed reserve. © Christopher Pillitz In an embarras...
Survival celebrates tribes' ingenious skills on UN Indigenous Day 8 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
Survival is marking UN Indigenous Day with a gallery featuring tribal peoples' ingenious skills and the threats they face. © Claudia Andujar/Survival Survival International has published a photograp...
