Digital platform digitizes hundreds of files that tell the history of indigenous resistance
A digital platform is working to preserve and share the history of indigenous resistance in South America through the digitization of numerous important documents.
Yanomami Land Experiences Whooping Cough Outbreak Among Children and Health Authorities in Boa Vista Issue Alert
The Yanomami Indigenous Land in Brazil is experiencing a whooping cough outbreak among children, prompting health officials to issue an alert.
Three Yanomami children die from whooping cough, and Health sends emergency team to the territory
The Brazilian Health Ministry has initiated an emergency intervention in the Yanomami territory after three children died from whooping cough amid a humanitarian crisis.
Three children die from whooping cough in Yanomami Territory
Three children have died from whooping cough in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in Brazil.
Ibama donates half a ton of food seized from illegal miners in RR
The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) donated 502 kg of food seized during a crackdown on illegal mining activities in Roraima to social institutions.
Did you see? Yanomami Indigenous people create fish in tanks, death of technician, elderly man arrested with cannabis greenhouse, and more in RR
This article summarizes the most accessed news stories from Roraima, Brazil, for the week of February 1 to 7, 2026.
Water used in fish farming by indigenous peoples is reused in plantations in the Yanomami Territory
Indigenous farmers in the Sikamabiu community are reusing water from fish farming to irrigate crops, enhancing their food autonomy.
Technician attacked and threatened in health center in Yanomami land; Ministry withdraws team from the location
A 31-year-old nursing technician was attacked and threatened with death by an unidentified man at the Missão Catrimani Health Center in the Yanomami Indigenous territory, leading to the Health Ministry's decision to withdraw the entire team from the area.
Federal Police destroys plane used in illegal mining in Yanomami Indigenous Land
The Federal Police destroyed a small aircraft in Iracema, near Yanomami Indigenous Land, following reports of a clandestine runway used for illegal mining operations.
Venezuela Present at the Material Fair 2026 with Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe
The Venezuelan galleries ABRA and PROXYCO showcase indigenous Yanomami artist Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe's recent works at the Material Fair 2026 in Mexico City, emphasizing the importance of art amidst Venezuela's political and cultural upheaval.
Indigenous people raise fish in tanks to ensure safe food after mining contaminates rivers in the Yanomami Territory
The Sikamabiu community in the Yanomami Indigenous Land is raising fish in tanks as a sustainable food source following mercury contamination from illegal mining that devastated local fish populations.
Businessman is sentenced to 22 years in prison for leading mining in Yanomami land
Rodrigo Martins de Mello, known as Rodrigo Cataratas, has been sentenced to 22 years and 7 months in prison for leading a criminal organization involved in illegal gold mining in Yanomami Indigenous territory.