Fresh out of college, Johnson helped lead signature gathering and field organizing to pass Ballot Measure 7, which banned all new nuclear power plants in the state until the U.S. had a federally ...

A Brazilian official who spent his career working to protect uncontacted Amazon tribes died after an arrow struck him in the chest, the country’s indigenous affairs agency, FUNAI, has confirmed. Rieli ...

One of the largest known uncontacted tribes on the planet has had recent interactions with outsiders, prompting concerns among activists that the extremely isolated society is in grave jeopardy. “It ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil's government agreed to release stunning photos of Amazon Indians firing arrows at an airplane so that the world can better understand the threats facing one of the few ...

In today’s world, where satellites can track virtually all areas on Earth’s surface, it sounds unlikely that there are populations that have managed to remain completely away from the influence of ...

A family of three isolated Indigenous people got separated from their group and ended up contacting non-Indigenous society in one of the best-preserved areas of the Brazilian Amazon. For more than a ...