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22 Mar 2012

Brazil's Awá tribe face 'real genocide'

Calls were growing to stop “genocide” inside Brazil’s Amazon, as the UN marked the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination yesterday.
12 Jan 2012

Indigenous child allegedly burnt alive by loggers in Brazil

Loggers have reportedly invaded the Amazon home of uncontacted Awá Indians in Brazil. One of them has allegedly been "burnt alive".
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.
31 Jul 2010

Hunter-gatherers stage protest to refute claims they don't exist

Members of the tiny Awá tribe in the Brazilian Amazon will tomorrow begin a three-day protest in response to remarks by the local mayor’s office denying that the Awá exist.