Chukchee author Yuri Rytkheu dies
The writer Yuri Rytkheu, from the Siberian Chukchee tribe, died in St. Petersburg last week. Rytkheu was known as the most significant Indigenous author in Russia.
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MPs pressure government to sign tribal peoples’ law
British MPs and peers will attend a reception in the House of Commons tomorrow to press the government to sign up to the international law for tribal peoples.
Tribe – ‘Vedanta is destroying us for profit’
As FTSE 100 mining company Vedanta announces record profits today, India’s remote Dongria Kondh tribe is claiming the company will destroy them forever if it goes ahead with plans to mine their sacred mountain.
Amazon Indians hold mass rally to oppose dams
The largest Indigenous gathering in the Brazilian Amazon in nearly twenty years will take place from May 19 to 23 in the town of Altamira, Pará, to protest against a series of huge hydroelectric dams.
Reserve opens up for tourists while Bushmen told to walk 400km for water
Botswana’s government is this week promoting the Central Kalahari Game Reserve as a top tourist destination, but it has banned the reserve’s Bushmen from accessing their own water.
Tribe stages mass protest against British company Vedanta
Hundreds of members of the remote Dongria Kondh tribe held a protest in India yesterday against the British FTSE 100 company VEDANTA, which plans to mine their sacred mountain.
Government drops plans to open up uncontacted tribes’ reserves
Peru’s government has dropped plans to open up uncontacted Indians’ reserves to oil exploration. The latest round of concessions, announced this week, do not include any of the uncontacted Indians’ reserves.
Government urges public not to fund Survival
A Botswana government spokesperson has appealed to members of the public not to donate to Survival, because of its support for the Bushmen who were evicted from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve [CKGR].