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Police and soldiers have violently evicted Shuar families
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Violent Eviction of Indigenous Shuar Clears Way for Copper Mine

By Barbara Fraser
Pastor Dahua Scoops Oil from Petroperu pipeline spill on Marañón River, Oil Concession
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New Oil Spill Contaminates Indigenous Community

By Barbara Fraser
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A Tightrope Between Helping and Harming: Indigenous Philanthropy

By Barbara Fraser
“I defend the land and water and I care for the environment for everyone—not just for a few people, and not just for myself.”
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A Symbol for What’s Right: Máxima Acuña Speaks on Award and Continued Struggle

By Barbara Fraser
Workers, many hired from local villages, clean up some of the 2,000 to 3,000 barrels of oil spilled from a ruptured pipeline in Awajún territory in northern Peru.
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Bathing in Crude: Villages Sick After Oil Spill

By Barbara Fraser
As much as two-thirds of the world’s land area is in indigenous and community lands, although many are not formally recognized.
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New Interactive Map Helps Tribes Defend Land Rights

By Barbara Fraser
House with family in a small mountain village in the mountains of Copan, Honduras, at the border to Guatemala.
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Corruption, Land Takeovers Threaten Indigenous Hondurans

By Barbara Fraser
The Marañón River is the home of the boa that gave birth to the first of Kukama Kukamiria people. It is also the source of water for cooking, washing, drinking and bathing, as well as the main transit route through a region with almost no roads.
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Amazonian Dredging Halted Until Indigenous Are Consulted

By Barbara Fraser
This sign, outside the Ministry of Culture in the port on the Madre de Dios River, cautions that if travelers see nomadic people along the riverbanks, they should not try to contact them; give them clothing, food or other items; or take photos (in case cameras are interpreted as weapons), and to inform the Ministry of Culture of any sightings or encounters.
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Murder Raises Concerns of Protecting Nomadic and Settled Indigenous in Peru

By Barbara Fraser
Berta Cáceres’ won the Goldman Prize for her leadership in the fight against the Aqua Zarca dam on the Gualcarque River.
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Killing Season For Enviros: Death Threats Still Coming to Goldman Prize Winner

By Barbara Fraser
The settlement stems from a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles in 2007, accusing Occidental Petroleum of harming the environment, health and livelihoods of people in the five Achuar communities.
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Achuar Lawsuit Against Occidental Petroleum Ends With Settlement

By Barbara Fraser
Tourists try their hand at pressing juice from sugar cane in San Miguel del Bala, in the Tacana indigenous territory.
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Partnering for Conservation Benefits Tacana People, Bolivian Park

By Barbara Fraser
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Environmental Wisdom: Keeping Indigenous Stories Alive

By Barbara Fraser
Joel Rojas of the Loreto Regional Fisheries Department explains regulations to community fisheries monitors in the Huitoto community of Pucaurquillo Peru. Photo by Barbara Fraser
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A Model Forest? Regional Park Balances Local Needs and Conservation

By Barbara Fraser
A stunning profile of the Amazon rainforest.
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Indigenous Territories Play Dual Role As Homelands and Protected Areas

By Barbara Fraser
Christiana Figueres (L), executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) addresses the opening meeting of the plenary session.
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Indigenous Rights Get Little Mention In Climate Agreement

By Barbara Fraser
Young students share a book in a poorly equipped school along the Urituyacu River, in a remote part of the northeastern Peruvian Amazon.
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Remote Amazonian Villages in Peru Lack Schools, Teachers

By Barbara Fraser
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Violent Protest at Devil’s Curve in 2009 Sees 53 Facing Trials

By Barbara Fraser
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After Contact, Isolated Groups Recover—But at High Cost

By Barbara Fraser
Kukama boys watch a boat leave the community of Dos de Mayo in Peru's Loreto region after a meeting between community leaders and government officials about the toxic condition of the villages drinking water.
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Don’t Drink the Feces: Indigenous Seek Results for Peru’s Toxic Waters

By Barbara Fraser
Anaya: “The government is still in the process of building its capacity to implement prior consultation in terms of methodology, logistics and budget.”
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Anaya Says Indigenous Consultation in Peru Is ‘Incipient’

By Barbara Fraser
Diego García Sayán, a Peruvian lawyer who has been with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights since 2004.
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5 Questions With IACHR Peruvian Lawyer Diego García Sayán

By Barbara Fraser
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Ecuadorian Government Shuts Down Indigenous Advocate Organization

By Barbara Fraser
Juntos, Spanish for “together,” is a new incentive program introduced by the Peruvian government to help keep indigenous children in school within some of the country’s economically poorest areas.
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Peruvian Cash Transfer Program Aids Indigenous Communities

By Barbara Fraser
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World Conference of Indigenous Women Urges Speaking With Same Voice

By Barbara Fraser
In this photo taken May 21, 2011 miners work at a legal mining concession in Huaypetue, Madre de Dios, Peru. Government efforts to halt illegal mining have mostly been futile. The state of Madre de Dios prides itself on its biodiversity and attracts eco-tourists for its monkeys, macaws and anacondas. But an estimated 35 metric tons of mercury is released annually by miners in this state alone, slowly poisoning people, plants, animals and fish, scientific studies show.
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Poisoning the Indigenous: Peru’s Mercury Levels 5x Higher Than Normal

By Barbara Fraser
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Cruel Bait and Switch: Correa to Allow Oil Drilling in Amazonian Park

By Barbara Fraser
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Indigenous Rights Still Being Trumped By Mining Money in Peru

By Barbara Fraser
“Land and Freedom” for the Mapuche in Chile.
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Mapuche of Chile Continue Struggle for Land Rights; A Leader in Prison

By Barbara Fraser
Iván Lanegra, the Ministry of Culture’s vice minister for intercultural affairs, turned in his resignation on April 30.
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Peruvian Official Resigns Following Indigenous Consultation Disputes

By Barbara Fraser
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New Campaign Hopes to Raise Awareness of Threats to Peru's Nomadic Indigenous People

By Barbara Fraser
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Oil and Gas Drilling on the Rise in Ecuador and Peru; Indigenous Communities Share Concerns

By Barbara Fraser
Photo from the early 1900s in Peru shows one of the stations in Arana's empire where rubber was stored and shipped.
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Colombian and Peru Governments Publicly Apologizes for Amazonian Rubber Boom

By Barbara Fraser
Besides clearing forest and fouling waterways, miners have left abandoned shacks and waste in the community.
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Peru’s Constitutional Tribunal Rules in Favor of Indigenous Community

By Barbara Fraser
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A Massacre or Misinformation? Illegal Gold Miners Allegedly Murder Indigenous Peoples in Venezuela; Government Denies Attacks

By Barbara Fraser
Survivors of Brazil's 1993 Haximu massacre hold urns containing the ashes of their relatives. Goldminers killed 16 Yanomami in the attack.
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Dozens of Indigenous People Allegedly Killed by Gold Miners in Venezuela

By Barbara Fraser
Members of the Kichwa Community sitting in the court room as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights gave its ruling in their favor against the Ecuadorian government in regards to violating its rights to communal property and cultural identity.
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Human Rights Court Rules in Favor of Kichwa Community Against Ecuadorian Government

By Barbara Fraser
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Peru Indigenous Against Proposed Road

By Barbara Fraser
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Brazil Indigenous Still Waiting for Compensation

By Barbara Fraser
Machiguenga communities near the site of Peru’s largest national gas production facility and pipeline could be seeing the affects on the communities diet and culture in areas that include alcoholism and domestic violence.
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Machiguenga Communities Could be Affected by Peru Gas Production

By Barbara Fraser
Protestors battled police in Utcubamba in 2009.
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Peru's Indigenous Band Together to Protect Their Lands and Water Rights

By Barbara Fraser
The headwaters of the Morona and Pastaza river basins, home to the Achuar of the Peruvian Amazon, are threatened by Big Oil.
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Achuar Win Green Party Support, Attend Talisman Annual Meeting

By Barbara Fraser
Benavides: “They love you.”
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One Junkie’s Redemption

By Barbara Fraser
Mabit learned from shamans.
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Peru's Takiwasi Center Uses Medicinal Plants to Treat Addiction

By Barbara Fraser
Delegates from Achuar communities of the Peruvian Amazon are in Canada to meet with First Nations affected by oil sands development similar to their own lands', plus attend the annual meeting of oil giant Talisman on May 1.
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Peru’s Achuar Find Common Ground With Canadian First Nations in Oil Sands

By Barbara Fraser
Protesters clash with police as they try to enter the National Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday March 22, 2012.
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Marchers Reached Ecuador Capitol on World Water Day

By Barbara Fraser
Police officers and miners clash during a protest in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire. The miners are fighting government efforts to regulate small-scale gold extraction, which is ravaging the rain forest, contaminating it with tons of mercury.
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One Indigenous Among Three Killed in Peru’s March 14 Protests

By Barbara Fraser
Hundreds of indigenous people and members of the political opposition set out for Quito on March 8 in a marching demonstration for improved water safeguards and protesting large-scale mining in Ecuador.
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Hundreds March in Ecuador for Water Safeguards and Mining Protests

By Barbara Fraser
A rendering of the proposed Belo Monte Dam
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International Labor Organization Concerned With Lack of Indigenous Input on Belo Monte

By Barbara Fraser
Traditional musicians and dancers accompany the protesters from Cajamarca as they arrive in Lima.
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Indigenous Peoples of Peru March in Protest of Mines

By Barbara Fraser