Indigenous Latin America

Amazon, Indigenous and Uncontacted

Isolated Indigenous man returns to tribe in the Amazon rainforest after brief contact

Brazilian authorities say a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Man From Uncontacted Indigenous Tribe Emerges in Amazon, and Villagers Demonstrate a Lighter

In a rare encounter, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon, according to the country’s Indigenous affairs agency and local witnesses

Popular Science · 1d

Man from uncontacted tribe emerges from rainforest, signals to villagers

Meanwhile, Brazil’s Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas (National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples, or Funai) estimates around 100 uncontacted Indigenous groups still live deep in the Amazon rainforest.

Morning Star25d

The Palestinian struggle resonates with indigenous resistance in Latin America

Centuries ago in the Abya Yala, currently known as Latin America, my indigenous ancestors suffered a genocide similar to what just happened in Palestine. In the name of civilisation, the ...

Crux4d

Pope advocates for protection of indigenous rights, land

Pope Francis sent a message to a United Nations gathering on Indigenous Peoples, stressing the need to preserve their ...

The Real News Network5d

Stories of Resistance: How Indigenous peoples in Brazil fought COVID-19

Historic Indigenous leaders still fell. Chief Aritana Yawalapiti, who led his Xingu people for five decades. Paulinho Paiakan ...

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Breaking Media Stereotypes with Indigenous Storytelling

She first joined the Indigenous women’s movement in Latin America in the 1980s. The movement, as she described it, was the intersectional advocacy between feminism and Indigenous rights ...

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Closing the genomics gap: How to improve indigenous health

Researchers are slowly learning about gene variations in Latin America, Africa and Asia, with the hope of diversifying ...

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