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November 11
Yanomami children in Demeni, Brazil.

Yanomami children in Demeni, Brazil.

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November 11
Yanomami pound leaves for Tembó, Demini, Brazil. Today, the World Bank published a study that confirmed indigenous peoples are key to preserving the world’s forests. Read about it here.

Yanomami pound leaves for Tembó, Demini, Brazil.

Today, the World Bank published a study that confirmed indigenous peoples are key to preserving the world’s forests. Read about it here.

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November 11
A Hadza boy eats honeycomb. Hadza hunters in Tanzania use the song of an African bird to guide them to bees’ nests in baobab trees. This month, the Hadza tribe celebrates its first land titles.

A Hadza boy eats honeycomb.

Hadza hunters in Tanzania use the song of an African bird to guide them to bees’ nests in baobab trees. This month, the Hadza tribe celebrates its first land titles.

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November 11
Bushmen children in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.

Bushmen children in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.

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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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October 11
A Mursi girl from the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. The Mursi and other tribes of the Omo Valley practice flood-retreat cultivation, growing crops in the rich silt left along the river banks by the slowly receding waters. This way of life may become impossible with the completion of the Gibe III dam, which threatens to leave 100,000 tribal people hungry. Picture © Ingetje Tadros Ingetje Tadros’s beautiful book, Tribal Ethiopia, is available from Amazon now:

A Mursi girl from the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. The Mursi and other tribes of the Omo Valley practice flood-retreat cultivation, growing crops in the rich silt left along the river banks by the slowly receding waters. This way of life may become impossible with the completion of the Gibe III dam, which threatens to leave 100,000 tribal people hungry.

Picture © Ingetje Tadros

Ingetje Tadros’s beautiful book, Tribal Ethiopia, is available from Amazon now:

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October 11
Ritual dances of the Hamar, Ethiopia. The Gibe III dam that is being constructed along the lower reaches of the Omo Valley will destroy their people’s livelihood. 

Ritual dances of the Hamar, Ethiopia.

The Gibe III dam that is being constructed along the lower reaches of the Omo Valley will destroy their people’s livelihood. 

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October 11
Hamar girls display their ornate hair and adornments.

Hamar girls display their ornate hair and adornments.

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October 11
Two Bushman boys sit on the pale sands of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana, surrounded by tsamma melons.  In times of drought, Bushmen traditionally quenched their thirst with the juice of the melons.  Now they are celebrating drinking water from the Mothomelo borehole for the first time since it was capped by the government nine years ago; a significant step towards their full return to their ancestral lands.

Two Bushman boys sit on the pale sands of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana, surrounded by tsamma melons. 

In times of drought, Bushmen traditionally quenched their thirst with the juice of the melons.  Now they are celebrating drinking water from the Mothomelo borehole for the first time since it was capped by the government nine years ago; a significant step towards their full return to their ancestral lands.

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September 11
An Awá  child stares intently at the camera, a pet monkey clinging to his head. The Awá are one of the last nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes in Brazil. They move by night, carrying bags woven from grass and torches made from resin. Their forest provides them with food, shelter, and spiritual well-being. During the past four decades, however, cattle ranchers, settlers and illegal loggers have invaded their lands. More than 30% of the Awá’s forest has been cut down.

An Awá  child stares intently at the camera, a pet monkey clinging to his head.


The Awá are one of the last nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes in Brazil. They move by night, carrying bags woven from grass and torches made from resin. Their forest provides them with food, shelter, and spiritual well-being.


During the past four decades, however, cattle ranchers, settlers and illegal loggers have invaded their lands. More than 30% of the Awá’s forest has been cut down.