Sixteen Indians injured in explosion
Sixteen members of the Guayabero tribe in Colombia have been injured after a land mine exploded on their reserve.
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Tribal peoples not stone age and primitive say experts
The Association of Social Anthropologists (ASA), the UKs professional body for anthropologists, has condemned the use of terms like stone age and primitive to describe tribal and Indigenous peoples alive today.
Officials questioned by UN on Jarawa
Indian officials were questioned by the UN on Monday about Indias protection of the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands.
Uncontacted Indians flee logging onslaught
The Brazilian government has discovered signs of some of the worlds last uncontacted tribes living near the border with Peru.
Bushman court ruling online
A copy of the landmark ruling made by the Botswana High Court in the case of the Kalahari Bushmen against the Botswana government is now available online.
Guarani Indian children die of starvation
Two children from the Guarani Kaiowá tribe have died of starvation, and several dozen are being treated in hospital for severe malnutrition.
Police clear Penan blockade
Members of a nomadic tribe who had been preventing loggers from bulldozing their rainforest home for two years have had their blockade dismantled by Malaysian police.
Canadian tribe reaches out to Jarawa
A leader from the Innu tribe of sub-arctic eastern Canada has made a heartfelt plea to the Indian government to protect the Jarawa of the Andaman Islands, published last week in the Times of India.