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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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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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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.