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More Than One-Third of Brazilian Indians Live in Cities
April 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Just over 36 percent of the 896,917 Brazilians who declared themselves indigenous people in the 2010 Census live in cities, and only 37.4 percent of them speak an Amerindian language, according to a study released Friday by the government. continue reading »
Nasa Indian Killed as Colombian Violence Continues
April 7, 2013 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
A 57-year-old Nasa Indian man has been shot dead in an alleged army attack in Colombia. Álvaro Chocué was shot in the head on Saturday, 30th March in the Caldono Indian Reserve in Colombia’s south-west Cauca province. continue reading »
Brazil Police Evict Indigenous Squatters Living in Former Museum
March 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian cops took by force Friday a building that was once an Indian Museum and had been occupied since 2006 by indigenous people who promised to resist a court-ordered eviction. continue reading »
Organizations Sue Peru Over broken Promise to Isolated Indians
December 27, 2012 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
Peru’s top indigenous organizations are taking on the government and powerful gas companies in an attempt to stop gas exploration that seriously threatens uncontacted Indians’ lives. continue reading »
Indigenous Zoque-Ayapaneco Language Will Live on in Film When last 2 Speakers Die ( VIDEO)
September 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Mexican documentary will continue to preserve aspects of the indigenous Zoque-Ayapaneco language, whose universe of ideas, beliefs and culture are on the point of vanishing when the last two native speakers, both in their 70s, pass away. continue reading »
Brazils Guarani Indians to Take Demands to Inter-American Court
August 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil’s Guarani Indians have announced that they will take their government to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, over its failure to protect their land. The Guarani said in a statement that they would present the case ‘in light of the delay in mapping out our lands, the violence to which our leaders and communities are exposed continue reading »
N. Carolina Firm Sells “Luna Disc” Made by Maya Women in Guatemala
July 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A company in North Carolina that sells products handmade by Mayan women in Guatemala uses part of its revenues to aid indigenous families in the region. Charlotte-based PhD Productions LLC launched a colorful, 100-percent-cotton flying disc made by 400 Mayan women at a weavers' cooperative in Guatemala's Panajachel region. continue reading »
Paraguay to Hand Over Indigenous Land
December 10, 2011 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
The Paraguayan government has this week signed an agreement with Enxet Indians to hand back 1,000 hectares of their ancestral land. The decision comes after a long legal battle between the indigenous people continue reading »
FARC Accused of Killing Columbian Indigenous Tribe Leaders
November 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Leftist FARC guerrillas are responsible for the deaths of two Indian leaders in the northwestern province of Antioquia, the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia, or ONIC, said Thursday. continue reading »
Man Sentenced to Jail for Racism Against Brazilian Indians
October 8, 2011 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
A man has been sentenced to jail in Brazil for racism against indigenous people, having described them as ‘vagrants’ and ‘tramps’ in a newspaper article. The article says of indigenous people, including the Guarani Indians, ‘They take possession of the land like true vandals’. continue reading »
Painkillers and Pens Used to Placate Peru’s Indians as Gas Giants Move In
September 17, 2011 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
Isolated Indians in southeast Peru are being ‘bribed’ with painkillers and pens, as industry giants seek to open up their land to explore for gas. Survival has learned that even members of INDEPA – the government agency set up to protect Peru’s tribes – have put pressure on communities so research can be carried out in the reserve where they live. continue reading »
Brazilian Beef Barons Hold Paraguay’s Government Ransom (VIDEO)
August 27, 2011 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
Brazilian beef barons are holding Paraguay’s government to ransom over land inhabited by uncontacted tribes. Ayoreo Indians were granted legal title to the land last year, but ranchers have refused to hand it over unless the state allows them to deforest a large area of adjacent land continue reading »
Persecution of Paraguay Indians Exposed to UN (VIDEO)
August 13, 2011 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
UN officials have been warned of the imminent threat against the lives of Paraguay’s last remaining uncontacted tribe ahead of their meeting today that will assess the country’s racial discrimination record. continue reading »
TV Series About Amazonian Tribe Called ’ Staged, False and Fabricated’
August 6, 2011 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
A TV series about an Amazonian tribe has been slammed as ‘staged, false, fabricated and distorted’ by experts on the tribe. ‘Mark & Olly: Living with the Machigenga’ was shown on the Travel Channel in the US, and on the BBC last year. In the show Mark Anstice and Olly Steeds lived in a Matsigenka Indian village for several months to show the ‘reality’ of life among the tri continue reading »
Machu Picchu Celebrations Just 100km from Uncontacted Tribes
July 23, 2011 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
July 24 marks the 100th anniversary of the ‘discovery’ of Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel high in the Peruvian Andes, by U.S. explorer and academic Hiram Bingham.But while Peru celebrates the legacy of the indigenous Inca people, it is simultaneously planning to grant oil and gas companies access to the lands of uncontacted Indians in the Kugapakori-Nahua-Nanti reserve. Such access would pose an extreme risk to their lives. continue reading »
Indigenous Conservation Strategy Stops Amazon Deforestation
July 16, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
This indigenous-run program has achieved zero deforestation within the one million acres of biodiversity-rich lands that are under Cofan control. By joining the newly launched “Campaign for 5000,” each $10/month supporter will save 2,000 acres of Ecuadorian rainforest, offset their carbon emissions, and help preserve the Cofan indigenous culture. continue reading »
