For members of the Sani Warmi collective in Amazonian Ecuador, the day begins before sunrise. They tend to the chacra — their ...

Millions of years ago, as the Indo-Australian plate pushed into the Pacific plate, a volcanic arc of islands began to emerge ...

Name of the Project Piauí nickel project. Location North-east of Brazil. Project Owner/s Private nickel and cobalt company ...

Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil ...

The skull is among thousands of human remains the university has said it will return to their original Native American ...

LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil — Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon, looking out at the amber waters that are surrounded by a jagged shoreline that has ...

Opponents fear that mining will expose the tribe to harmful pollution and hurt tribal unity, while supporters think it will raise their standard of living LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil — Indigenous leader ...

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) A report released by the conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) documents 119 indigenous communities that maintain voluntary isolation in Brazil. The study, produced by the ...

More than one quarter of the staff members at the only two federally run colleges for Native students were cut in February. By Rachel Nostrant A group of Native American tribes and students is ...

NORMAN, Okla. — Three tribal nations and five Native American students say in a lawsuit that the Trump administration has failed its legal obligations to tribes when it cut jobs at Bureau of ...

Beneath Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, one of the planet’s largest potassium reserves is fueling tensions between industrial ambitions and Indigenous rights LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous ...