Indigenous peoples play a critical role in protecting nature and stemming biodiversity loss worldwide, yet their perspectives ...

Scientists have uncovered 6,000-year-old human remains in Colombia whose genetic code matches no other known population, ancient or modern.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Pugapia and her daughters, Aiga and Babawru, lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts ...

One official calls a newborn boy "a symbol of the resistance of the Akuntsu people, but also a source of hope for Indigenous ...

One official calls a newborn boy "a symbol of the resistance of the Akuntsu people, but also a source of hope for Indigenous ...

Three women lived for years as the last members of the Akuntsu people, who were decimated by a government-backed push to ...

At a time when Indigenous people in the Brazilian rainforest face deforestation, land grabs and threats to survival, one group is finding international acclaim for its art. Members of MAHKU have had ...

Members of MAHKU live in a remote area of the Amazon and use ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic brew, to create paintings that ...

Brazil has revoked a presidential decree that placed sections of three Amazonian rivers — the Tapajós, Madeira and Tocantins — under a state-led privatization program. Indigenous groups had protested ...

Long before the famous Underground Railroad, those seeking freedom from slavery traveled on foot, by boat and under cover of darkness to Fort Mose in Spanish-controlled Florida ...

This month’s bulletin spotlights stories revealing how unevenly Indigenous rights, sovereignty, and voices are respected in ...

Smoking remains a major global public health challenge, with approximately 1.3 billion people worldwide consuming tobacco in various forms. Despite widespread awareness of its serious health risks — ...