“I’m in mourning because my people [are] dying … children are dying for nothing.” These are the words of Davi Kopenawa, author of “The Falling Sky” and a prominent leader of the Yanomami Indigenous ...

In the Brazilian Amazon, Yanomami Indigenous people have been suffering a health crisis aggravated over recent years by the dismantling of Indigenous health care support services and the illegal ...

Entrancing at times and eventually hard-hitting, Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha’s feature amplifies the voices of Indigenous people speaking directly to those who threaten their existence.

Includes two drafts, a copy of the published version, a flyer for the presentation, and an order form for copies of a paper by Turner entitled "The Yanomami and the Ethics of Anthropological Practice.

The Yanomami people in the Venezuelan rainforest have the most diverse population of gut microbes ever seen, far more varied than Western guts. Does it matter? Hunter-gathering in the rainforests and ...

Leonardo Sakamoto on Lula's efforts to give Brazil's Indigenous Yanomami communities a reprieve. Morro do Ouro Gold Mine, Paracatu, Brazil. SkyTruth/Flickr The images of malnourished, sick or dead ...

Indigenous Yanomami communities in Venezuela are suffering from increasing invasions by Brazilian gold miners, locally known as garimpeiros. One of the most impacted areas is the Alto ...

Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine, collaborating with a multicenter team of U.S. and Venezuelan researchers, have discovered the most diverse collection of bacteria yet in humans among an ...