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An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary, John Allen Chau, has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where he had gone to proselytize, according to local law enforcement officials, in this undated image obtained from social media on November 23, 2018. @JOHNACHAU/via REUTERS

Killing of American on Indian island sparks calls to protect Indigenous land

NNL Staff - November 27, 2018

This member of the Sentinelese tribe was photographed firing arrows at a helicopter which was sent to check up on the tribe in the wake of the 2004 tsunami . The Sentinelese people have long made it clear that outsiders are not welcome and they wish to be left alone. © Indian Coastguard/Survival

Survival International statement on killing of American man John Allen Chau by Sentinelese tribe

Brazil

Indigenous candidates run in record numbers in Brazil election

Perry Bellegarde, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN)

USMCA Recognises Indigenous Rights – AFN National Chief

The 'Last of his Tribe's' house and garden where he grows manioc and other vegetables. Very little is known about this uncontacted Indian. He lives on his own in a patch of forest, surrounded by cattle ranches and soya plantations in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. © Survival

Amazing new footage of last survivor of Amazon tribe

Brazil

Land fight simmers over Brasilia’s Shrine of Shamans

NNL Staff - February 8, 2018 0

Australia

Australian Day or Invasion Day – Protests Planned Over Treatment of...

NetNewsLedger - January 26, 2018 0

Costa Rica - Map created by Dennis McClendon

Indigenous leaders Starting Climate Fund

NNL Staff - January 26, 2018 0

Royal Commission on Child Abuse in Australia found serious problems with tens of thousands of incidents

Royal Commission Report Uncovers Massive Child Abuse in Australia

James Murray - December 17, 2017 0

In this 2013 archive photo people participate in a rally for the "One Billion Rising" campaign aimed to call for an end to violence against women and girls, in New Delhi. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal

Treat trafficking as a health problem to break cycle of abuse

NetNewsLedger - November 23, 2017 0

Brazil

Brazil’s Young Indigenous Musicians Rap for Land Rights

NetNewsLedger - November 7, 2017 0

Security Council members voting to authorize almost doubling the UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan to nearly 14,000. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

31 Sexual Abuse Cases Filed Against United Nations Workers in Past...

NetNewsLedger - November 6, 2017 0

An indigenous woman carries a child on her back while walking down a road in the village of Pambach, in the Alta Verapaz region, about 209 km (130 miles) from Guatemala City, February 20, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez

First global funding pact launched to secure indigenous land rights

NetNewsLedger - October 4, 2017 0

Paulo Marubo, leader of a Javari Valley indigenous organization from the Uncontacted Frontier. © Amazonas Atual

Brazilian Indians Appeal for World Help

NNL Staff - September 17, 2017 0

In this file photo, a Yanomami Indian (R) stands near an illegal gold mine during Brazil’s environmental agency operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous land, in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, in Roraima State, Brazil April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File photo

Reported Murder of Uncontacted Tribe Exposes Mining Threat

James Murray - September 13, 2017 0

Under Reported News

Shame Silences Sex Trafficking Victims in Equador

NNL Staff - July 28, 2017 0

An indigenous woman carries a child on her back while walking down a road in the village of Pambach, in the Alta Verapaz region, about 209 km (130 miles) from Guatemala City, February 20, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez

Indigenous and female: life at the bottom in Guatemala

NetNewsLedger - May 7, 2017 0

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