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November 11
Dongria Kondh children dance, Niyamgiri

Dongria Kondh children dance, Niyamgiri

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November 11
Kethe Gowda, one of the first Soliga in India’s BR Hills to receive both the land and community rights to the forests of a tiger reserve. These are the documents which grant his tribe the right to extract non-timber from the forests and to be responsible for its conservation.  They had faced being evicted from their land.©Kalyan Varma/Survival

Kethe Gowda, one of the first Soliga in India’s BR Hills to receive both the land and community rights to the forests of a tiger reserve. These are the documents which grant his tribe the right to extract non-timber from the forests and to be responsible for its conservation.  They had faced being evicted from their land.

©Kalyan Varma/Survival

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October 11
Dongria Kondh boy Kalia stands in front of the Niyamgiri hill range.

Dongria Kondh boy Kalia stands in front of the Niyamgiri hill range.

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September 11
Jarawa girls in clothes given to them by outsiders. Encroachment onto their land risks exposing the Jarawa to diseases to which they have no immunity. Help Survival as we call on the end to ‘human safaris’ on their lands amidst the celebrations of the 32nd World Tourism Day.

Jarawa girls in clothes given to them by outsiders. Encroachment onto their land risks exposing the Jarawa to diseases to which they have no immunity. Help Survival as we call on the end to ‘human safaris’ on their lands amidst the celebrations of the 32nd World Tourism Day.

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September 11
A Dongria Kondh woman picks millet in Niyamgiri, India. The Dongria won a battle to save their sacred mountain from mining company Vedanta Resources. With the company battling in the Supreme Court to overturn the mining ban, the tribe hopes justice will prevail.

A Dongria Kondh woman picks millet in Niyamgiri, India. The Dongria won a battle to save their sacred mountain from mining company Vedanta Resources. With the company battling in the Supreme Court to overturn the mining ban, the tribe hopes justice will prevail.