Survival names 2008’s top five tribal stories 22 December 2008The biggest tribal news story of 2008 was the publication of photos of an uncontacted tribe on the Brazil-Peru border, says Survival International.
Guarani child dies of starvation 19 December 2008A Guarani child has died of starvation and at least four others are suffering from malnutrition in the community of Kurusu Mba, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Dam workers attack Enawene Nawe Indians 16 December 2008Hydroelectric dam workers have attacked a group of Enawene Nawe Indians who were fishing near a dam building site last week.
UN talks on climate change exclude tribal peoples 12 December 2008Tribal representatives at the UN conference on climate change in Poznan, Poland, have slammed the proceedings for excluding indigenous voices and refusing to recognise tribal peoples’ rights to the forests they live in and protect.
President tells Bushmen their way of life is an ‘archaic fantasy’ 12 December 2008Two years after the historic court victory that affirmed the Kalahari Bushmen’s right to live and hunt on their land, Botswana’s President Ian Khama has told the Bushmen that their hunting way of life is an ‘archaic fantasy’.
Indians rejoice as Supreme Court affirms land rights 11 December 2008Indians across Brazil are celebrating today as the majority of judges in the Supreme Court ruled to uphold indigenous land rights in a key case. Indian representatives have called the decision a ‘great victory’.
Tragedy strikes Andamans tribe 10 December 2008Eight members of the Onge tribe in the Andaman Islands, India, have died and 15 more are in hospital after drinking from a container which washed ashore on their island reserve.
Indians arrive in capital for landmark land rights case 9 December 2008Indigenous people from the Amazon state of Roraima are gathering in the Brazilian capital Brasilia today to await the Supreme Court's ruling on a key land rights case.
Tribe slams Ernst & Young award to Vedanta chairman 3 December 2008The award of the ‘Indian Entrepreneur of the Year’ prize to Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal has been met with derision from the Dongria Kondh tribe, whose sacred mountain Vedanta plans to destroy.
Andaman tribesman presumed dead after conflict with poachers 1 December 2008A man from the remote Jarawa tribe on the Andaman Islands in India is missing and presumed dead following a conflict with a group of poachers who were fishing illegally on their land. Police have arrested the poachers.
