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Tribe in Brazil down to last stages of 'genocide' (10/20)
A small tribe in Brazil is expected to die out within a decade after losing its oldest member, according to Survival International. The Akuntsu are down to just five people following the death of a woman named Ururu. Their...
Arrest made for deaths of Awa Indians in Colombia (09/01)
Authorities in Colombia arrested a member of the Awa Tribe in connection with the deaths of 12 tribal members. Jose Miguel Pai Nastapuas, 32, is believed to be part of a gang that has been threatening and extorting tribal members....
Twelve from Awa Tribe massacred in Colombia (08/27)
Twelve members of the Awa Tribe in Colombia were massacred by armed men, according to news reports. The early morning attack on the Gran Rosario reserve resulted in the deaths of seven adults and five children. Authorities are searching...
Mapuche activists and police clash in Chile (08/14)
Tensions appeared to be growing in Chile following the death of a Mapuche activist. Fabian Facundo Mendoza Collio, 24, died on Wednesday. The police officer who was involved is in custody pending an investigation into the incident. President Michelle Bachelet...
Remote tribe in Peru sees cases of swine flu (08/13)
Eight members of a remote tribe in Peru tested positive for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. Health officials said the Machiguenga patients were recovering from the virus. They don't believe it will spread to other tribes in...
Jury rules against Mayan man in deportation case (07/28)
A jury in Florida cleared a hospital of wrongdoing for deporting a disabled Mayan man to Guatemala. Luis Alberto Jiménez, 37, suffered a severe brain injury in 2000 when a drunken driver ran into his vehicle. He was taken...
Utne Reader: Why Germans like to play Indians (07/27)
"The first thing John Blackbird learned when he was growing up on the Canadian prairies was that his people were no good. Raised primarily by a white family, Blackbird heard from friends and classmates that Natives were lazy and...
Plan suggests a ban on climbing at Aboriginal site (07/08)
A draft management plan for the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia proposes a ban on climbing Uluru, a sacred Aboriginal site. The government already warns people not to climb Australia's famed Ayers Rock. But the plan says access...
Editorial: Artifact return respects Aboriginal culture (07/06)
"An Aboriginal artifact headed to the National Museum of Australia is an illustration of the Seattle Art Museum's willingness to be honest and fair about its acquisitions. Experts in Australian art were visiting Pamela McCluskey, SAM's curator of Africa and...
The Guardian: Indigenous people fight for rights (06/15)
"It has been called the world's second "oil war", but the only similarity between Iraq and events in the jungles of northern Peru over the last few weeks has been the mismatch of force. On one side have been the...
Robert Coulter: An ugly and familiar story in Peru (06/11)
"The horrific killings of Indians – some report as many as 100 – by the Peruvian government has been carried out as President Alan Garcia thunders his determination to seize the lands and resources of Indian people. Thousands of Indian...
Financial Times: Venezuela's Indians wait on land (06/10)
"Chief Sabino Romero is in two minds about Hugo Chávez's socialist revolution. As the leader of a small native Indian community in the remote and lawless mountains on Venezuela's north-western border with Colombia, Mr Romero heartily approves of the president's...
Australia changes stance on indigenous rights (05/26)
The government of Australia has reversed its position on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Australia was one of four nations that opposed the declaration. But new leaders changed their stance last month. "We show our respect for...
New Republic: Tribes in Peru battle for forest (04/24)
"Satipo, Amazon Basin, Peru--On the fourth floor of the National Museum in Lima, there's a photo exhibit of Peru's long "dirty war" against the leftist Shining Path guerrillas during the 1980s and '90s. A series of wall-sized photographs illustrate...
Traditional justice at issue in Mexico assault case (04/23)
Authorities in Mexico are looking into traditional justice systems after a young woman said she was sexually assaulted by volunteer police in an Indian community. The woman said she was raped by volunteer police officers after being taken into the...
Tribes in Colombia threatened by decades-old war (04/22)
At least 27 tribes in Colombia have been displaced or at risk of being eliminated as a result of the country's decades-long civil war. Paramilitary groups have massacred Indian villages and taken over tribal lands as they battle the Colombian...
Aymara community banishes former vice president (03/18)
An angry Aymara community in Bolivia has ceremonially banished the country's former vice president and his family. After Victor Hugo Cardenas, 58, hinted he might run against President Evo Morales, his family was attacked. His wife and 24-year-old son were...
Rebel group admits execution of Colombian Indians (02/18)
A rebel group in Colombia said it "executed" eight members of the Awa Trbe, accusing them of being informants for the military.. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia posted a statement on ANNCOL that said the eight people were killed...
Alleged incident of cannibalism on reservation in Brazil (02/11)
Local authorities in Brazil are investigating an alleged incident of cannibalism on a reservation in the Amazon. A 21-year-old man was killed earlier this month on the reservation, which is home to the Kulina Tribe. A tribal member reportedly told...
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