Indigenous umbrella group APIB, which is challenging the law in the court, has left the chamber set up by the Supreme Court, arguing that its existence was disrespectful to the constitutional rights ...

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon approaching, thousands of Indigenous people marched Tuesday in Brazil’s ...

Portal Amazonia newspaper reported that the Indians escaped after being held for a few hours in the city's police station. No arrest warrants were issued. Brazilian law does not allow the military ...

The Brazilian Indians who occupied the construction site of a hydroelectric dam and took more than 150 workers hostage in the far southern portion of the country’s Amazon region on Monday have ...

Brazilian Indians and officials urged U.N. Secretary ... who received a necklace made of native plant seeds. Ban, who hiked a short jungle trail on Combu Island on the Guama River, said: "The ...

Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapo tribe, an indigenous leader, said that Brazil should not explore for oil reserves in the Amazon ...

With the recent certification of over 550,000 ha of native forest, Brazil has surpassed Bolivia to have the largest area of FSC-certified Amazon native forests in South America. Brasilia, Brazil - ...