Guarani-Kaiowá of Brazil win land rights
The Guarani-Kaiowá Indians of Cerro Marangatu in Brazil have won back their land after 50 years.
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Evicted Guarani-Kaiowá camp on the roadside
During the night of 12 October 2002, about 200 Kaiowá Indians were thrown out of the village of Tey Cuê in an area called Caarapó, and are now camped on the side of a highway near the town of Dourados, under plastic tarpaulins.
Iman turns into a 'Bushman'
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Hope for Indians as international law on tribal peoples ratified
The Brazilian senate has finally approved ratification of the most important international law concerning tribal peoples, the International Labour Organisation's Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples.
Guarani: respected shaman dies
Paulito Aquino, a Kaiowá shaman and one of Brazil's oldest citizens, died on 3 September 2002 in his village of Panambizinho in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Reckoned to be aged about 120, he had witnessed massive changes in his long life.
Uncontacted Indians in danger
The last uncontacted Indians south of the Amazon basin are being squeezed from all sides. With their last refuge gradually being overrun, they have nowhere left to hide.
UN Condems Botswana's Racism
A report released by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination condemns Botswana's treatment of the 'Bushmen' as racist.
MEP slams Botswana government
A senior MEP has publicly slated the Botswana government over their eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen from the central Kalahari.