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In pictures: Tribal festivals showcase human diversity
Brazil's Enawene Nawe gather outside haiti, the house of sacred flutes, to celebrate their four-month long Yãkwa fishing ritual. © Fiona Watson/SurvivalAs thousands of revelers bask in the sun at...
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‘We’ll fight against oil exploration’, Brazilian Indians declare
The Matís and other tribes of Brazil's Javari Valley are speaking out against oil exploration around their forest.© © Fiona Watson/SurvivalBrazilian Indians have stated that they will not accept oil...
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Sámi protest against British mining company
Sweden's Sámi people are protesting against iron ore mining on their lands.© Johan Sandberg McGuinne/SurvivalSwedish police have broken up a protest by Sámi men and women protesting against iron ore...
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'Private militia' firm ordered to close over Guarani killings
Gaspem is accused of killing at least two Guarani leaders, including Nísio Gomes© SurvivalBrazil’s Public Prosecutors have called for the closure of a notorious security firm accused of carrying out at...
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Access case dismissed – Final end for Bushman hunters?
Botswana's High Court has dealt a blow to the Kalahari Bushmen which could spell the end of the tribe's way of life. © Survival InternationalBotswana’s High Court has thrown out an attempt by the...
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Awá: Top human rights watchdog demands answers from Brazil
The Awá tribe is being driven towards extinction by Brazil's failure to protect its forest. © Fiona Watson/SurvivalThe Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Americas’ leading human...
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EU beef imports threaten uncontacted Indians
Yaguarete has bulldozed a new track (labelled 'picada identificada' on this photo) through uncontacted Indians' forest. They plan to clear everything to the right of this track.© GATForest inhabited by...
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Brazil: Female chief leads re-occupation of ancestral land after her three...
The Guarani Apy Ka'y community has returned to its ancestral land currently occupied by a sugar cane plantation, amidst threats of death by gunmen.© Tonico Benites/SurvivalGuarani Indians have carried...
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Evidence of Yanomami ‘violence’ relies on false data, new paper reveals
Survival's Director has demolished Napoleon Chagnon's claims that the Yanomami are 'fierce' and violent in a new paper.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalA new paper by Survival International Director, Stephen...
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Survival's Director attacks Commonwealth for undermining tribal rights
Survival's Director Stephen Corry with Bushmen of the central Kalahari. © SurvivalIn a hard-hitting speech to representatives of the Commonwealth this Thursday, Survival’s Director Stephen Corry will...
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Celebrations in Maasai land: Tanzanian PM scraps eviction plan
The Maasai are celebrating the return of their land which was threatened by a land grab for conservation. © Survival InternationalMaasai people in Tanzania are celebrating today after the Prime...
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Tourists: Boycott Botswana over treatment of Bushmen
Botswana attracts tourists with images of the Kalahari Bushmen, whilst driving them off their lands© www.botswanatourism.co.bwSurvival International is launching a boycott of Botswana tourism on World...
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Jarawa face year-round threat from 'human safaris' under new government plans
Jarawa on the Andaman Trunk Road which cuts through the their reserve, putting them at risk from diseases to which they have no immunity.© Ariberto De Blasoni/SurvivalAs the world marks World Tourism...
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International condemnation of Botswana over Bushmen
Botswana has been condemned for barring the Bushmen's lawyer ahead of a key court case. He had successfully defended the Bushmen's rights during three previous cases.© SurvivalThe Botswana government...
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Attempts to manipulate Jarawa backfire with arrests
A Jarawa woman returning from gathering at the edges of the Jarawa's forest. The Jarawa rely on hunting and gathering to survive.© SurvivalAttempts by poachers to manipulate members of the Jarawa tribe...
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Travel companies join Botswana boycott despite government whitewash
Xoroxloo Duxee died of dehydration after the Bushmen's water borehole was disabled, but the Botswana government says it has an 'uninterrupted record of upholding the rule of law for all citizens'.©...
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Another casualty of ‘progress’: Ayoreo TB epidemic claims latest victim
Chiri had suffered grave health problems after being forced from his forest home.© SurvivalChiri Etacore, an Ayoreo-Totobiegosode man forced out of his forest home in the name of ‘progress’, has died...
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Guarani Indians fear imminent bloodshed
Guarani man. Gunmen have taken up positions around a Guarani community, and fired shots.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalGuarani Indians in Brazil fear imminent bloodshed as gunmen known to have assassinated...
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Yanomami shaman publishes unique book 'The Falling Sky'
'The Falling Sky' is a unique book by Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa.© Harvard University PressIn the first book ever written by a Yanomami Indian, Davi Kopenawa – shaman and leading spokesman for his...
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Protestors call for Botswana boycott at World Travel Market
Protestors called for a tourism boycott of Botswana at the opening of the World Travel Market in London today.© Charli Botha/SurvivalAt today’s opening of the World Travel Market in London, supporters...
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