Avoiding contact has proven difficult. SEPAHUA, PERU -- Mario Dispupidiwa recalls a way of life that is only a distant memory now. "I watched my mother give birth in the forest and cradle the baby by ...

When a big chief dies on the Xingu indigenous reservation, its tribes gather for a unique funeral ritual called the Kuarup. Wearing body paint and bird feathers, they join in ceremonial dances, combat ...

A rare & high-definition footage of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe has surfaced online, offering the clearest glimpse yet into one of the world’s most isolated communities. The video, reportedly ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Members of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest and avoid contact with outsiders have been reported entering a neighboring village in what activists ...

JUMA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil (AP) — At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest reverberates. The sound of generators at times competes with the forest, a sign that ...