Tag: indians

“We Are Not Dying,” Answer Indigenous Peoples to Sensationalized Photo Expo

An Amazon Indian protested outside the exhibition of controversial photographer Jimmy Nelson’s work “Before ...

Missionaries Trying to Clothe Naked Amazon Indians Are Bringing Them Disease

A highly vulnerable uncontacted tribe in the Amazon has been contacted by a missionary, ...

Genocide of Indians Has Been All Too Common in Brazil

To mark UN Indigenous Day on August 9, Survival International, the global movement for ...

Earth’s Most Threatened Tribe as Seen by Sebastião Salgado in Vanity Fair

World-famous Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado and Vanity Fair magazine have joined forces to publicize ...

“Don’t Evict Us! Kill Us and Bury Us Here Instead,” Say Brazilian Indians to the Courts

A group of Brazilian Indians who endured violence and death to return to their ...

Once Again Brazilian Justice Orders Halt to Amazon’s Belo Monte Dam

A Brazilian judge has ordered a halt to construction of a multi-billion-dollar dam project ...

Greens Lose, Tractors Already Roaring in Brazilian Amazon’s Belo Monte

The dry season has arrived in the Amazon and Norte Energia, the consortium that ...

Discrimination and Neglect at Root of Suicide Epidemic Among Brazil’s Indians

Violence against indigenous peoples in Brazil is a frequent subject in the studies and ...

92 Kids Dead, 60 Adults Killed: Church Says Brazil Indians Are Treated Like Animals

Brazil’s Indigenist Missionary Council (CIMI) should release this Thursday, June 30, the Year Report ...

Amazon: Brazil Talks Tough While Acting as a Banana Republic

In early April, Brazil broke off relations with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ...