🚩 Ngorongoro in Tanzania is a UNESCO World Heritage Site – and home to the Maasai people, who have lived there for generations. For years, the Tanzanian government has pushed to evict Maasai communities from their land, framing it as "voluntary relocation"

Four years ago today, Karapiru Awá passed away. His smile, warmth, and kindness were all the more remarkable given the indescribable tragedy inflicted upon him by non-Indigenous society. In the 1980s, outsiders killed his wife, son, daughter, mother, & siblings. Another son was wounded & captured.

“We're heavily targeted by agribusiness” Discrimination, “development” projects, mining, deforestation... what other threats do you think Indigenous peoples are facing today? Leave a comment and give us a follow. #IndigenousVoices

🚨 #News: Dozens of police officers in India surrounded the house where Indigenous land rights activist Pranab Doley was staying on Sunday. They took him into custody without an arrest warrant.

One year after they reclaimed their forest, the 52 Jenu Kuruba families are still there ✊ Every safari ticket sold in India’s Nagarhole tiger reserve funds the system that tries to erase them.

“If we destroy the lands of uncontacted Indigenous peoples, what will they eat?” Mandeí Juma is a survivor of the violence that her people the Juma faced throughout their history. Invaders massacred them, spead disease and forced them out of their lands. Learn more: uncontactedpeoples.org

We protested outside the Lineapelle London leather exhibition. We’re campaigning to stop the annihilation of the Indigenous Ayoreo people, including their uncontacted relatives, by agribusiness. Now’s the time to stand up with the Ayoreo, for their survival: svlint.org/AyoreoB

#WorldHeritage: Most people associate it with breathtaking landscapes and culturally rich places worth protecting. But did you know that many of @unesco's World Heritage Sites are the ancestral homes of Indigenous peoples – and in many of these places, they are evicted from their homes? 😵‍💫

Wow, congratulations to Paraguay this World Cup! ⚽️ The Indigenous Ayoreo people are celebrating the win. Normally, they’ve got their fists up not in celebration, but in resistance. Right now, they’re fighting for their land rights in Paraguay and their uncontacted relatives’ survival.

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The genocide of the people of the Tanaru Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon passed unnoticed by the outside world. Now that they’re gone, their territory has been declared a National Park.

If you're going into a holiday period, consider these dos & don’ts before you travel to Indigenous lands. 👇️ Beware that many tourist destinations are empty of the very people who originally managed the lands and protected the nature & wildlife we see there today.

⚠️ Indigenous people in Northern Kenya have denounced the controversial conservation organization Northern Rangelands Trust’s (NRT) attempt to revive its notorious and twice-suspended Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project (NKGCP). They’ve accused it of “tricks and dishonest dealings.”

Thank you for taking action for the survival of uncontacted peoples this week. Did you know if governments don’t act now, half of the world’s uncontacted peoples could be wiped out in 10 years? That’s why it’s urgent that you take action. Stand with uncontacted peoples: svlint.org/KeepUpdatedB

🏹 #UncontactedPeoplesWeek: Today we’re talking about the uncontacted Ayoreo Totobiegosode. 👉They’re the only known uncontacted Indigenous people in South America living outside the Amazon. Their territory is in the Chaco, on the border between Paraguay and Bolivia.

The Mashco Piro. They're believed to be the uncontacted people with the largest population in the world. But right now, their survival is at risk. While most are believed to live in the south-east of Peru, many Mashco Piro people also live in Brazil, where they occupy mostly protected territories.

Weda Bay Nickel is the world’s largest nickel mine, created by gouging out the heart of an abundant rainforest on Halmahera Island, Indonesia. This forest is the home of the uncontacted Hongana Manyawa, one of the largest group of uncontacted people on Earth.

⚠️ 100 complaints, zero answers: Volkswagen’s carbon project in Tanzania ⚠️ A Volkswagen joint venture called VW Climate Partner is developing a carbon credit project on nearly 1 million hectares of Maasai land in northern Tanzania – without their free, prior, and informed consent.

As a child, Atxu lived uncontacted in the Brazilian Amazon with his family. But then he was forcibly contacted, and adopted by a non-Indigenous family. It wasn’t easy for him to adapt to life outside the forest. This #UncontactedPeoplesWeek, follow us to learn more about uncontacted peoples.

This week is #UncontactedPeoplesWeek! There are Indigenous peoples across the world who reject contact with outsiders – and that choice must be respected. That’s why this week we want to make clear: They are not alone.

#UncontactedPeoplesWeek is coming! Did you know that from June 15th to 21st, Survival is marking Uncontacted Peoples Week? It’s an entire week dedicated to the world’s Uncontacted Indigenous peoples, during which we’ll share stories, updates, and urgent actions.

A week ago, Survival and Canopee called out Eramet at their AGM to warn shareholders that the French company is threatening the survival of the uncontacted Hongana Manyawa people in Indonesia.

🏹 Did you know that in Brazil only 3 cases of genocide against Indigenous peoples have been taken to court? 1. The Haximu massacre, against the Yanomami, 1993 2. Capacete massacre, against the Tikuna people, 1988 3. Massacre against the Oro Win people, 1963 Swipe to learn more about these cases.

#OTD in 2022, our friends Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were murdered in Brazil’s Javari Valley – home to more uncontacted Indigenous peoples than anywhere else on Earth. Take action: svlint.org/SurvivalB

🤔 How do we know the names of uncontacted groups? A lot of the time we don’t actually know. Their contacted Indigenous neighbors might give them a name, or a name might be given based on their geographical location.

#News: WWF France's president forced to resign – because she attended an anti-racism march. Not because of the human rights abuses the conservation organization covered up. Not because of the eco-guards they funded who tortured Indigenous people.

"Thank you all for your support of this movement – Survival really IS its supporters." Farewell, Fiona! Fiona Watson, our long-serving head of Research and Advocacy, is retiring after 36 years.

Prince Harry appeared at a fundraiser for African Parks last week. Why should you care? 🤔 👉 African Parks’ rangers have been involved in the oppression and abuse of the Indigenous Baka people. So we’ve been calling on the prince to resign his position and to help end the abuse of Baka people.

One year after a historic act to reclaim their land in the Nagarhole tiger reserve, the Jenu Kuruba are still there. Now they're demanding recognition of their land rights and an end to forced evictions. ✉️ Stand with them → svlint.org/TigerReservesB

Wow, we can’t believe it’s been 34 years since the Yanomami Indigenous Territory was fully recognized and demarcated! It was the fantastic result of intense campaigning by the Yanomami and Ye’kwana people, supported by Survival and other close allies.

Thousands of you pressured UNESCO through our email campaign ✊ And now UNESCO has finally voiced opposition to forced evictions, in the context of the Maasai evictions from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area World Heritage Site. But it's not enough.

📢 We need you to act before June 1st! We need to stop leather production destroying the Ayoreo’s lands and lives. How to act: 1️⃣ Head to svlint.org/EULeather 2️⃣ Click Give Feedback 3️⃣ Create an EU Account or log in 4️⃣ Type in your Feedback and fill in the form. Stand with the Ayoreo!

Eramet is a French mining company. Its activities in Indonesia threaten the very existence of the uncontacted Indigenous Hongana Manyawa people. 27% of the company is owned by the French government. French taxpayers’ money cannot be used to fund this. Tag @rolandlescure.bsky.social #STOPEramet

The Spanish "entered the temple courtyard to kill people". That’s how the Nahua account of "The slaughter of Toxcatl" begins. The Mexica people were celebrating the feast of Toxcatl in honor of their patron god, Huitzilopochtli, in Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire.

The uncontacted Hongana Manyawa of Indonesia are threatened by nickel mining operations on their lands. The Weda Bay Nickel mine is operated by Eramet – a company part owned by the French State. Take action: tag @rolandlescure.bsky.social and tell him not to support Eramet.

⚠️ The Time Limit Trick is back…! 😱 The Time Limit Trick is a proposal by anti-Indigenous politicians. It argues that Indigenous peoples don’t have the right to have their lands demarcated and recognized...

#OnThisDay we remember the Great Andamanese people who were massacred during the Battle of Aberdeen in the Andaman Islands, India, in 1859. Just over 50 people now survive. #CrimesofColonialism

🚨 On May 5th, Indigenous West Papuan students were shot by Indonesian Security Forces after displaying their national flag. Local reports say at least seven young Indigenous West Papuans were shot and injured.

We're about to find out. On May 27th, the mining company Eramet will hold its Annual General Meeting. The French State – a 27% shareholder – will decide whether to increase its financial support for the mining company. Take action: tag @rolandlescure.bsky.social and tell him not to support Eramet.

Brazil: an Indigenous leader was killed in violent attacks against Guarani Kaiowá communities ⚠️ Two Indigenous Guarani Kaiowá communities who took back their stolen land have been violently attacked in recent weeks.

Ngigoro, an Indigenous Hongana Manyawa man, warned the world: “Stop the mining, or my people will die.” Ngigoro, who was born uncontacted, is fighting to protect his people’s land and rainforest. Stand with Ngigoro and the other Hongana Manyawa: svlint.org/IndonesiaB

Ayoreo leaders Porai Picanerai & Rosalino Darajidi Picanerai traveled from the Paraguayan Chaco to Italy. We accompanied them as they denounced the link between the Italian leather industry and the destruction of their lands – where their uncontacted relatives also live. Act now: svlint.org/AyoreoB

Physical demarcation of the uncontacted Kawahiva people’s territory begins! It’s a great win for everyone working on the 26-year campaign. The existence of the uncontacted Kawahiva Indigenous people of the Rio Pardo region in Brazil was confirmed by the government in 1999.

Uncontacted Indigenous peoples resist every day — but they can’t do it alone. Governments and companies must act, and we must all speak out to protect their lives and lands. 📢 Add your voice now. ✉️ Send your email → svlint.org/SurvivalB #AtTheEdge

We need you. You’re a vital part of the fight for Indigenous lands and lives. One of our Guarani Kaiowá contacts told us: “Death surrounds us twenty-four hours a day. It feels like there’s no way out.”

A powerful documentary by @deutschewelle exposes a reality that is too often ignored: so-called “conservation” is driving Indigenous peoples off their lands. Watch the documentary and join the conversation on how conservation should be done differently: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQRD...

Porai Picanerai and Darajidi Picanerai, from the Ayoreo Totobiegosode people of Paraguay, led a protest today with Survival and their supporters in Milan. Read the news: survivalinternational.org/news/14470

The Maasai of the Ngorongoro Conservation area in Tanzania are being evicted from their homes in the name of conservation. Ngorongoro’s UNESCO World Heritage status is being used to justify the evictions. Read our full story: survivalinternational.org/news/14464

On #WorldHeritageDay, Maasai communities in Tanzania protested inside a UNESCO World Heritage Site against their eviction in the name of “conservation.” For generations, they have lived in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) – their home, their land, their heritage.

Peruvian Indigenous organizations are calling out “an extermination campaign” that would destroy the lands and lives of uncontacted people in Peru. It’s potential gen****e. 💪 You’re not powerless! Take action to help stop this ➡️ svlint.org/ECPeruB