News from the Yanomami

Yanomami spokesman warns UN of mining threat
9 March 2012 The Yanomami have warned that thousands of illegal miners are currently working in their territory.
New uncontacted pictures validate Brazil’s Yanomami territory 20 years on
22 November 2011 New pictures show the importance of indigenous territories for protecting tribal peoples
Yanomami celebrate health success following protests
20 June 2011 The Yanomami and Yekuana Indians in the Amazon are celebrating the appointment of a health coordinator for their communities
Yanomami Indians seize plane in health protest
2 June 2011 New health coordinator has little connection with indigenous people
Yanomami report dozens dead in epidemic
2 November 2010 Many still sick in Venezuelan Amazon
Blood samples return to Amazon Indians
20 May 2010 Research centers in the United States are to return thousands of blood samples of Yanomami Indians to the tribe.
Venezuelan authorities investigate Yanomami deaths
23 April 2010 Venezuelan authorities are investigating the deaths of six Yanomami Indians in the Amazon.
Yanomami Indians protest against illegal miners
9 April 2010 Yanomami and Yekuana Indians held a protest this week to denounce the illegal invasion of Yanomami land by goldminers.
Yanomami fear for their lives as miners invade their land
26 February 2010 Davi Kopenawa Yanomami has made an urgent appeal for support as the Yanomami territory in northern Brazil is being invaded by gold-miners.
HIV reaches Yanomami in Amazon
27 January 2010 Brazil’s National Health Foundation, FUNASA, has confirmed the first case of HIV amongst the Yanomami Indians in northern Brazil.

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