Amazon Indian nomad beaten up by loggers 21 September 2011A man of the nomadic hunter-gatherer Awá tribe has been brutally attacked by loggers who have invaded Awá land
Amazon nomads demand justice 3 December 201010 Awá Indians have traveled from the Amazon to Brazil's capital, to demand that the authorities protect their land
Expedition confirms existence of uncontacted Indians 8 January 2010An expedition conducted by FUNAI (Brazil’s Indigenous Affairs Department) has confirmed the existence of a group of uncontacted Indians in Maranhão state in the eastern Amazon.
Victory for Awá nomads 27 July 2009A Brazilian federal judge has ruled that ranchers and colonists illegally occupying the Awá Indian reserve must leave the territory within 180 days.
Uncontacted Indian child found dead in Amazon 3 November 2006The body of an isolated Indian child has been discovered in the Brazilian Amazon, in the state of Maranhão. An Indian from the Guajajara tribe came across the remains of the body whilst out hunting.
