By Sonam Lama Hyolmo “The land is the greatest asset we have,” said Luzineth Pataxó, a Pataxó leader from the ...

Brazil’s largest Indigenous organization has launched the country’s first Native-led strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Aug. 9.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's government should hear native Indians before deciding on the construction of a controversial $17.3 billion hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, rock ...

* Indian supporters celebrate decision * Critics say ruling impedes progress By Raymond Colitt BRASILIA, March 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court upheld the creation of a native Indian reservation ...

Brazil native Kayleigh Fosnow, now principal at New Palestine Elementary School, was awarded the prestigious Milken Educator Award Dec. 17 during a surprise, school-wide assembly attended by the ...