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Uncontacted Indigenous peoples are defending their lands.
Discover their stories, their resilience – and the threats to their survival: uncontactedpeoples.org
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Uncontacted Indigenous peoples are defending their lands.
Discover their stories, their resilience – and the threats to their survival: uncontactedpeoples.org
#AtTheEdge #uncontacted #uncontactedpeoples #northsentinel #amazon #indigenouspeoples
Ngigoro, an Indigenous Hongana Manyawa man, traveled from the Indonesian island of Halmahera all the way to Europe to warn 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.
Ngigoro, who was born uncontacted, is fighting to protect his people’s land and rainforest.
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Ngigoro, an Indigenous Hongana Manyawa man, traveled from the Indonesian island of Halmahera all the way to Europe to warn 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.
Ngigoro, who was born uncontacted, is fighting to protect his people’s land and rainforest.
Bokumu is a recently contacted Hongana Manyawa man from the Halmahera rainforest of Indonesia. He was first contacted in 2009 when Weda Bay Nickel began exploring his territory.
Nickel mining for electric car batteries is destroying the Hongana Manyawa's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
Nickel mining for electric car batteries is destroying the Hongana Manyawa's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Bokumu is a recently contacted Hongana Manyawa man from the Halmahera rainforest of Indonesia. He was first contacted in 2009 when Weda Bay Nickel began exploring his territory.
Nickel mining for electric car batteries is destroying the Hongana Manyawa's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
Nickel mining for electric car batteries is destroying the Hongana Manyawa's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
🚨 The Brazilian Senate has approved a change to the Brazilian constitution, to add the Time Limit Trick to it, which is a proposal that states that Indigenous peoples who can’t prove they were on their lands the day the Brazilian constitution was signed in 1988 have no right to their ancestral lands
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚨 The Brazilian Senate has approved a change to the Brazilian constitution, to add the Time Limit Trick to it, which is a proposal that states that Indigenous peoples who can’t prove they were on their lands the day the Brazilian constitution was signed in 1988 have no right to their ancestral lands
This woman was forcibly evicted from India’s Kanha forest in the name of tiger conservation. Across India, many others have suffered the same fate.
Support the fight to decolonize conservation and purchase your calendar today: svlint.org/calendar
Support the fight to decolonize conservation and purchase your calendar today: svlint.org/calendar
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This woman was forcibly evicted from India’s Kanha forest in the name of tiger conservation. Across India, many others have suffered the same fate.
Support the fight to decolonize conservation and purchase your calendar today: svlint.org/calendar
Support the fight to decolonize conservation and purchase your calendar today: svlint.org/calendar
The uncontacted Kawahiva people are forced to resist the threats that have killed many of their relatives. Without demarcation, their lives are at risk.
Last year, a Supreme Court judge ordered the territory finally to be demarcated. But it’s still not happened!
Act now: svlint.org/KawahivaB
Last year, a Supreme Court judge ordered the territory finally to be demarcated. But it’s still not happened!
Act now: svlint.org/KawahivaB
December 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The uncontacted Kawahiva people are forced to resist the threats that have killed many of their relatives. Without demarcation, their lives are at risk.
Last year, a Supreme Court judge ordered the territory finally to be demarcated. But it’s still not happened!
Act now: svlint.org/KawahivaB
Last year, a Supreme Court judge ordered the territory finally to be demarcated. But it’s still not happened!
Act now: svlint.org/KawahivaB
📢 NEARLY SOLD OUT!
This year we discovered that there are 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups around the world fighting for their survival.
Choosing “We, the people” as your 2026 calendar helps us fight for the survival of the world’s uncontacted Indigenous peoples.
Shop now: svlint.org/calendar
This year we discovered that there are 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups around the world fighting for their survival.
Choosing “We, the people” as your 2026 calendar helps us fight for the survival of the world’s uncontacted Indigenous peoples.
Shop now: svlint.org/calendar
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📢 NEARLY SOLD OUT!
This year we discovered that there are 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups around the world fighting for their survival.
Choosing “We, the people” as your 2026 calendar helps us fight for the survival of the world’s uncontacted Indigenous peoples.
Shop now: svlint.org/calendar
This year we discovered that there are 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups around the world fighting for their survival.
Choosing “We, the people” as your 2026 calendar helps us fight for the survival of the world’s uncontacted Indigenous peoples.
Shop now: svlint.org/calendar
📢 ”It’s a choice they made.”
Beto Marubo, an Indigenous Marubo person from the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, speaks on why it’s so important to protect uncontacted peoples’ territories.
💪 Do your part to make sure uncontacted peoples’ territories are protected. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Beto Marubo, an Indigenous Marubo person from the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, speaks on why it’s so important to protect uncontacted peoples’ territories.
💪 Do your part to make sure uncontacted peoples’ territories are protected. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
December 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
📢 ”It’s a choice they made.”
Beto Marubo, an Indigenous Marubo person from the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, speaks on why it’s so important to protect uncontacted peoples’ territories.
💪 Do your part to make sure uncontacted peoples’ territories are protected. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Beto Marubo, an Indigenous Marubo person from the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, speaks on why it’s so important to protect uncontacted peoples’ territories.
💪 Do your part to make sure uncontacted peoples’ territories are protected. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Lundi, a Bayaka girl – During a Bayaka hunting trip young people learn skills like how to set traps and find edible plants, or how to use leaves as water containers. Logging companies and the conservation industry are taking over much of the Bayaka lands. 📸 © Nicolás Marino. www.svlint.org/calendar
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Lundi, a Bayaka girl – During a Bayaka hunting trip young people learn skills like how to set traps and find edible plants, or how to use leaves as water containers. Logging companies and the conservation industry are taking over much of the Bayaka lands. 📸 © Nicolás Marino. www.svlint.org/calendar
We're looking to fill two London-based positions:
🤝 Individual Giving Officer (deadline 17th Dec 2025)
🔎 South America Research and Advocacy Officer / Assistant (deadline 4th Jan 2026)
If you're passionate about Indigenous peoples' rights, we want to hear from you! Apply now: svlint.org/jobs
🤝 Individual Giving Officer (deadline 17th Dec 2025)
🔎 South America Research and Advocacy Officer / Assistant (deadline 4th Jan 2026)
If you're passionate about Indigenous peoples' rights, we want to hear from you! Apply now: svlint.org/jobs
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We're looking to fill two London-based positions:
🤝 Individual Giving Officer (deadline 17th Dec 2025)
🔎 South America Research and Advocacy Officer / Assistant (deadline 4th Jan 2026)
If you're passionate about Indigenous peoples' rights, we want to hear from you! Apply now: svlint.org/jobs
🤝 Individual Giving Officer (deadline 17th Dec 2025)
🔎 South America Research and Advocacy Officer / Assistant (deadline 4th Jan 2026)
If you're passionate about Indigenous peoples' rights, we want to hear from you! Apply now: svlint.org/jobs
Contact isn’t connection — it’s destruction.
When outsiders invade, disease spreads and communities collapse.
📢 Demand that governments and corporations protect their lands and respect uncontacted peoples' decision to live without contact. → svlint.org/Survival
#AtTheEdge
When outsiders invade, disease spreads and communities collapse.
📢 Demand that governments and corporations protect their lands and respect uncontacted peoples' decision to live without contact. → svlint.org/Survival
#AtTheEdge
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Contact isn’t connection — it’s destruction.
When outsiders invade, disease spreads and communities collapse.
📢 Demand that governments and corporations protect their lands and respect uncontacted peoples' decision to live without contact. → svlint.org/Survival
#AtTheEdge
When outsiders invade, disease spreads and communities collapse.
📢 Demand that governments and corporations protect their lands and respect uncontacted peoples' decision to live without contact. → svlint.org/Survival
#AtTheEdge
🗣️ “Many more are still in the forest. I worry a lot, because sometimes I think about where they are. Because of the bulldozers.”
Mainguejai was born in the Chaco forest, one of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode people of Paraguay. He was only 3 when his group was forced from the forest.
svlint.org/SurvivalB
Mainguejai was born in the Chaco forest, one of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode people of Paraguay. He was only 3 when his group was forced from the forest.
svlint.org/SurvivalB
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🗣️ “Many more are still in the forest. I worry a lot, because sometimes I think about where they are. Because of the bulldozers.”
Mainguejai was born in the Chaco forest, one of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode people of Paraguay. He was only 3 when his group was forced from the forest.
svlint.org/SurvivalB
Mainguejai was born in the Chaco forest, one of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode people of Paraguay. He was only 3 when his group was forced from the forest.
svlint.org/SurvivalB
Indigenous organization ORPIA in Venezuela is bravely speaking out against illegal mining in the Venezuelan Amazon.
They’re also speaking out in defense of the uncontacted peoples who live there.
As ORPIA said, protecting Indigenous territories is key to combat the global climate crisis.
They’re also speaking out in defense of the uncontacted peoples who live there.
As ORPIA said, protecting Indigenous territories is key to combat the global climate crisis.
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Indigenous organization ORPIA in Venezuela is bravely speaking out against illegal mining in the Venezuelan Amazon.
They’re also speaking out in defense of the uncontacted peoples who live there.
As ORPIA said, protecting Indigenous territories is key to combat the global climate crisis.
They’re also speaking out in defense of the uncontacted peoples who live there.
As ORPIA said, protecting Indigenous territories is key to combat the global climate crisis.
By giving today, you’ll be supporting Survival in our advocacy work putting pressure on the Colombian authorities to uphold the Nukak people’s rights to their ancestral lands.
Donate now, and have your amount doubled at no extra cost to you: svlint.org/donation
Donate now, and have your amount doubled at no extra cost to you: svlint.org/donation
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By giving today, you’ll be supporting Survival in our advocacy work putting pressure on the Colombian authorities to uphold the Nukak people’s rights to their ancestral lands.
Donate now, and have your amount doubled at no extra cost to you: svlint.org/donation
Donate now, and have your amount doubled at no extra cost to you: svlint.org/donation
Will you be our next Individual Giving Officer?
We're a passionately committed Indigenous rights campaigning organization,
regularly taking on powerful targets and winning. ✊
Join our London team – apply today! svlint.org/jobs
We're a passionately committed Indigenous rights campaigning organization,
regularly taking on powerful targets and winning. ✊
Join our London team – apply today! svlint.org/jobs
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Will you be our next Individual Giving Officer?
We're a passionately committed Indigenous rights campaigning organization,
regularly taking on powerful targets and winning. ✊
Join our London team – apply today! svlint.org/jobs
We're a passionately committed Indigenous rights campaigning organization,
regularly taking on powerful targets and winning. ✊
Join our London team – apply today! svlint.org/jobs
President Lula had vetoed 63 of the worst measures in a ‘devastation bill’, but less than a week after COP30, Congress has re-instated almost all of them.
The bill means devastating industrial projects that destroy people & the environment, inc Indigenous territories, can be approved more easily.
The bill means devastating industrial projects that destroy people & the environment, inc Indigenous territories, can be approved more easily.
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
President Lula had vetoed 63 of the worst measures in a ‘devastation bill’, but less than a week after COP30, Congress has re-instated almost all of them.
The bill means devastating industrial projects that destroy people & the environment, inc Indigenous territories, can be approved more easily.
The bill means devastating industrial projects that destroy people & the environment, inc Indigenous territories, can be approved more easily.
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I wrote to the Government of #Indonesia about the physical attacks & intimidation against Indigenous WHRD Dewi Anakoda. As she & HRD Ngigoro Batawi are set to return home from an advocacy trip abroad, Indonesian authorities must guarantee their safety.
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Indonesia: violent physical attacks and intimidation attempts against Indigenous woman human rights defender Dewi Anakoda (joint communication)
Joint communication sent to the Governments of Indonesia, France and China, as well as several companies, about the physical attacks and intimidation attempts against Indigenous WHRD Dewi Anakoda, in ...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I wrote to the Government of #Indonesia about the physical attacks & intimidation against Indigenous WHRD Dewi Anakoda. As she & HRD Ngigoro Batawi are set to return home from an advocacy trip abroad, Indonesian authorities must guarantee their safety.
srdefenders.org/indonesia-vi...
srdefenders.org/indonesia-vi...
Kaiky, a Guajajara boy, Brazil – The Moqueado ritual celebrates the passage of children from childhood to adulthood and is deeply rooted in the cultural heritage and identity of the Tenetehar (also known as Guajajara) people. 2026 calendars available here: svlint.org/calendars. 📸 Genilson Guajajara
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Kaiky, a Guajajara boy, Brazil – The Moqueado ritual celebrates the passage of children from childhood to adulthood and is deeply rooted in the cultural heritage and identity of the Tenetehar (also known as Guajajara) people. 2026 calendars available here: svlint.org/calendars. 📸 Genilson Guajajara
Alex Tinyú, a Nukak man, was a child when his territory in Colombia was invaded by missionaries, coca growers and others in the 80s. After contact, over half his people died from disease & violence.
Help us campaign for Alex’s people, donate today - doubled for Giving Tuesday! svlint.org/donation
Help us campaign for Alex’s people, donate today - doubled for Giving Tuesday! svlint.org/donation
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Alex Tinyú, a Nukak man, was a child when his territory in Colombia was invaded by missionaries, coca growers and others in the 80s. After contact, over half his people died from disease & violence.
Help us campaign for Alex’s people, donate today - doubled for Giving Tuesday! svlint.org/donation
Help us campaign for Alex’s people, donate today - doubled for Giving Tuesday! svlint.org/donation
The Q’ero live in the valleys of the Peruvian Andes, at altitudes of between 4,000 and 6,500 meters. The Q’ero say they live in balance with all living things through ayni (reciprocity) that they practice with their family and community.
Buy now: www.svlint.org/calendar
📸 © Alessandro Bergamini
Buy now: www.svlint.org/calendar
📸 © Alessandro Bergamini
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Q’ero live in the valleys of the Peruvian Andes, at altitudes of between 4,000 and 6,500 meters. The Q’ero say they live in balance with all living things through ayni (reciprocity) that they practice with their family and community.
Buy now: www.svlint.org/calendar
📸 © Alessandro Bergamini
Buy now: www.svlint.org/calendar
📸 © Alessandro Bergamini
We’re aiming to raise £90k/$120 for our vital work in support of Indigenous peoples like the Nukak. They were violently forced from their ancestral territory in the Colombian Amazon. We’re lobbying Colombian authorities to uphold the Nukak’s right to their land.
Donate today 👉 svlint.org/donation
Donate today 👉 svlint.org/donation
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We’re aiming to raise £90k/$120 for our vital work in support of Indigenous peoples like the Nukak. They were violently forced from their ancestral territory in the Colombian Amazon. We’re lobbying Colombian authorities to uphold the Nukak’s right to their land.
Donate today 👉 svlint.org/donation
Donate today 👉 svlint.org/donation
Invading uncontacted peoples’ lands is not exploration — it’s a crime.
From illegal mining and logging to “mission trips” and influencer stunts, these actions are destroying lives.
📢Tell govs & companies to enforce the law & protect Indigenous territories.
✉️Act now → svlint.org/SurvivalB
From illegal mining and logging to “mission trips” and influencer stunts, these actions are destroying lives.
📢Tell govs & companies to enforce the law & protect Indigenous territories.
✉️Act now → svlint.org/SurvivalB
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Invading uncontacted peoples’ lands is not exploration — it’s a crime.
From illegal mining and logging to “mission trips” and influencer stunts, these actions are destroying lives.
📢Tell govs & companies to enforce the law & protect Indigenous territories.
✉️Act now → svlint.org/SurvivalB
From illegal mining and logging to “mission trips” and influencer stunts, these actions are destroying lives.
📢Tell govs & companies to enforce the law & protect Indigenous territories.
✉️Act now → svlint.org/SurvivalB
Mandeí Juma is one of the last survivors of the Indigenous Juma people, who once lived uncontacted in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Once hundreds strong, their community was devastated by violence, disease, and forced contact — culminating in a 1964 massacre that left only a handful alive.
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Mandeí Juma is one of the last survivors of the Indigenous Juma people, who once lived uncontacted in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Once hundreds strong, their community was devastated by violence, disease, and forced contact — culminating in a 1964 massacre that left only a handful alive.
Ngigoro traveled from Halmahera Island, Indonesia, to Paris to warn us:
“Stop the mining or my people will die.”
@survivalfr.bsky.social mobilized outside Eramet’s HQ, as the company keeps ignoring our warnings about them destroying Ngigoro's people's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
“Stop the mining or my people will die.”
@survivalfr.bsky.social mobilized outside Eramet’s HQ, as the company keeps ignoring our warnings about them destroying Ngigoro's people's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ngigoro traveled from Halmahera Island, Indonesia, to Paris to warn us:
“Stop the mining or my people will die.”
@survivalfr.bsky.social mobilized outside Eramet’s HQ, as the company keeps ignoring our warnings about them destroying Ngigoro's people's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
“Stop the mining or my people will die.”
@survivalfr.bsky.social mobilized outside Eramet’s HQ, as the company keeps ignoring our warnings about them destroying Ngigoro's people's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Today the USA is celebrating Thanksgiving. Some mark the day as the National Day of Mourning.
Thanksgiving is a celebration of forced contact & the destruction of Indigenous peoples.
Right now, half the world's 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups are facing similar threats.
Thanksgiving is a celebration of forced contact & the destruction of Indigenous peoples.
Right now, half the world's 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups are facing similar threats.
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today the USA is celebrating Thanksgiving. Some mark the day as the National Day of Mourning.
Thanksgiving is a celebration of forced contact & the destruction of Indigenous peoples.
Right now, half the world's 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups are facing similar threats.
Thanksgiving is a celebration of forced contact & the destruction of Indigenous peoples.
Right now, half the world's 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups are facing similar threats.
📢 Actor Murray Bartlett, singer Siva Official, musician Anoushka Shankar, and many others are supporting Survival in the fight for the lands & lives of uncontacted peoples.
Take action for uncontacted peoples: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Take action for uncontacted peoples: svlint.org/SurvivalB
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
📢 Actor Murray Bartlett, singer Siva Official, musician Anoushka Shankar, and many others are supporting Survival in the fight for the lands & lives of uncontacted peoples.
Take action for uncontacted peoples: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Take action for uncontacted peoples: svlint.org/SurvivalB