Here’s a story from O Estado de Sao Paulo about the photos. The subject of uncontacted tribes has become a matter of some controversy. Some doubt their existence.

Brazil's most recent Constitution, written in 1988, was meant to redress some of those ills, returning historic lands to the tribes. It gave a deadline: Within five years, all Indian lands should ...

SAO PAULO — About 300 Amazon Indians prevented workers from entering or leaving the construction site of a hydroelectric plant that protesters say is on an ancient burial ground, Brazil's ...

Murders of Brazil's indigenous land defenders jumped to 10 in both 2019 and 2020, compared to just five in the two prior years combined, according to human rights group Global Witness.

An expert who worked to protect uncontacted Amazonian tribes has been shot and killed with an arrow in Brazil, according to the government's Indigenous affairs agency, Fundação Nacional do ...

JACAREACANGA, Brazil (Reuters) - As Brazil struggles to solve land disputes between Indians and farmers on the expanding frontier of its agricultural heartland, more tensions over forest and ...

In May, more than 1,000 Indians and environmentalists protested over the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant along the upper Xingu river, which would attract settlers, flood 400 ...

Missionaries Are Targeting Isolated Tribes in Brazil With Solar-Powered Audio Devices, Investigation Finds The device is called "Messenger" and recites biblical readings in multiple languages.

Amazon tribes in Brazil turn the tables on intruders with social media May 5, 2022 at 3:40 a.m. by FABIANO MAISONNAVE The Associated Press ...

According to APIB, 631 indigenous people have died from COVID-19 and 22,325 cases have been confirmed among Brazil's 850,000 indigenous people. Half of Brazil's 300 indigenous tribes have ...

Brazil's Regional Federal Tribunal ordered the national government to compensate the tribe for moral and material damage by paying 4,000 minimum wages, equivalent to $335,500.