Native Indians and communities of slave descendants in Brazil are pushing for a greater say in shaping laws and public works projects, creating a potential minefield for business and government in ...

The problem of the “fierce native” was often solved by means of violence and brutality. According to Paula, however, Brazil was never in favor of implementing a stated and systematic genocide policy. ...

Police in Brazil's Amazon rain forest are investigating three native Indians suspected of murdering and eating a 21-year-old handicapped man.

Brazil's Indians Reclaim Land, ... While the government has dithered, many native Brazilians have taken matters into their own hands, taking over land that is owned by large-scale farmers.

Xingu is Brazil’s oldest and probably most successful Indian reservation -- 10,800 square miles of pristine rainforest where 14 tribes live much as their people have for thousands of years.

Police in Brazil's Amazon rain forest are investigating three native Indians suspected of murdering and eating a 21-year-old handicapped man in a rare case of cannibalism, local authorities said ...

The BBC's Gary Duffy visits Tembe Indians in the Amazon rainforest who say illegal logging threatening their way of life. BBC News Updated every minute of every day One-Minute World News ...