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6 Apr 2011

Uncontacted tribes at risk of massive population loss

Survival International has warned on the eve of World Health Day that uncontacted tribes face massive population loss if their land is not protected.
4 Apr 2011

Rwandan government accused of making Batwa 'pygmies' homeless

Survival International has warned that a Rwandan government programme to destroy all thatched roofs is leaving thousands of Batwa ‘Pygmies’ homeless.
23 Feb 2011

Penan tribal land trespass case can go ahead

A Malaysian court has ruled that members of the Penan tribe can sue the government and a timber company for trespassing on their land.
20 Feb 2011

Trial of Indian leader’s ‘assassins’ resumes

The trial of three men accused of murdering renowned Guarani Indian leader Marcos Veron is to resume on 21 February in São Paulo, Brazil.
16 Feb 2011

Alaskan mine site to be investigated following tribes’ petition

An open-pit mine planned in south-west Alaska is to be investigated by the US Environmental Protection Agency following mass opposition from local indigenous peoples.
14 Feb 2011

Uncontacted Amazon Indians face annhilation

A report reveals that the home of the nomadic Awá tribe suffered more deforestation than any other indigenous territory in the Amazon in 2009.
9 Feb 2011

Hundreds protest against Ecuador leader’s arrest

An indigenous Shuar leader, has been arrested just two days after being chosen as leading candidate for the presidency of Ecuador’s main indigenous organisation.
7 Feb 2011

India’s policy of ‘integrating’ tribal people ‘disastrous’

India’s Minister of Tribal Affairs, has announced that he supports the "integration" of tribal communities into "mainstream" society – a policy shown to be disastrous.
1 Feb 2011

Vedanta fights mining ban on Indian hill tribe’s sacred mountain

The FTSE 100 mining giant Vedanta is challenging a ban on mining the sacred mountain of India’s Dongria Kondh tribe.
27 Jan 2011

Victory for Kalahari Bushmen as court grants right to water

In a momentous decision, Botswana’s Court of Appeal have quashed a ruling that denied the Kalahari Bushmen access to water on their ancestral lands.

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