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‘Songs for Survival’
Bruce Parry, star of the BBC series’ ‘Tribe’ and ‘Amazon’ , has teamed up with some of the music world’s biggest names to create a fundraising album for Survival. Every track on the album is exclusive, and they have all been written especially for the project. The album is available on iTunes , at Amazon.co.uk , Amazon.com and in selected stores.
Hakani
‘Hakani’ is a film produced by the American fundamentalist missionary organisation Youth With a Mission . It claims to be the “true story” of a Brazilian Indian child called Hakani who was supposedly buried alive by her tribe, the Suruwaha. In fact, the film was faked – and even the missionaries who produced it ‘ admit there is no way to verify what they say
Yanomami blood controversy
In 1967, thousands of blood samples were taken from Yanomami Indians in Brazil and Venezuela, by North American researchers. It took until 2010 for the return of the samples to be assured.
Parks and Peoples
Conservation – a necessity for the world’s dwindling resources – is an integral part of life for many tribal peoples. But conservation by outsiders that ignores tribal peoples’ rights can be catastrophic for all.
The most isolated tribe in the world?
Alone on an island for 55,000 years
Making contact
True 'first contact' caught on film
Before contact: on the run
Uncontacted Ayoreo Indians in Paraguay
Why do they hide?
Why do they hide?
The Last of his Tribe
by Fiona Watson, 2005
Uncontacted tribes: the threats
Uncontacted tribes are the most vulnerable peoples on earth. A vast array of powerful forces are ranged against them.
Uncontacted tribes: the outsiders' view
Fear, suspicion and racism
Contact: a personal story
Ayoreo-Totobiegosode woman Ibore tells how, on 11 June 1998, their family risked everything and made contact.
Questions and answers: uncontacted tribes
Survival answers commonly-asked questions about the world’s uncontacted tribes
Astonishing pictures of one of the world's last uncontacted tribes
Astonishing photos of one of the world's last uncontacted tribes
Question and answers: Uncontacted tribes of Papua
Some isolated West Papuans reject contact with outsiders
Poaching
Hunting is the main source of protein for many tribal people, and is central to their identity. But when their land is stolen from them in the name of conservation, tribal hunters become “poachers” overnight. And they face arrest and beatings, torture and death, while fee-paying big game hunters are encouraged.
Hunting
Many of the communities that Survival works with are hunter-gatherers. Hunting is more than a way of life; it is part of their identity.
Community Mapping
Indigenous people around the world are creating maps of their lands and resources. It is a way for them to stake a claim to their land, and can be a powerful tool in establishing tribal peoples’ rights.
Conservation Refugees
Across the world millions of people – the majority of them Indigenous – have been illegally evicted from their ancestral homelands in the name of conservation. In India alone hundreds of thousands of people have been evicted from parks and over three million live within parks, with the constant threat of being removed.
‘We were made the same as the sand’
This photo-essay follows the Botswana Bushmen’s forced eviction from their ancestral homeland in 2006.