By Shanna Hanbury The Kayapó Indigenous Territory has emerged as a major hotspot for illegal gold mining in the Brazilian ...

Indigenous creator Maíra Gomez posts from 2070 in "O Voto," an Earth Day campaign warning of the Amazon's collapse and ...

Healthy forests in protected Indigenous territories could help reduce the risk of certain illnesses for humans, a new study shows. Different factors influence how effective Indigenous territories are ...

NUEVA LOJA, Ecuador (AP) — Standing beside a stream stained dark with oil in Ecuador’s northern Amazon, an Indigenous woman shook her head in disbelief as she stared at the oily sheen drifting across ...

Indigenous people in Brazil have marched in the capital, Brasilia, to protest what they say are violations of their land ...

Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick. It's an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...

Indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire says he still supports President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and plans to campaign for his ...

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon are urging South American presidents meeting in Bogota this week to turn promises to protect the region's rainforest into concrete action, ...

In the southern tip of Colombia’s Cauca department, known as the “boot” for its shoe-like shape, volunteer members of an ...