Brazil: Uncontacted Amazon Indians Face Annihilation

Brazil: Uncontacted Amazon Indians Face Annihilation   A shocking report obtained by Survival International reveals that the home of the nomadic Awá tribe suffered more deforestation than any other indigenous territory in the Amazon in 2009.   Around 60 to 100 Awá have managed to remain uncontacted, but their last refuge is now being destroyed.   A huge influx of loggers and settlers has invaded the territory, but virtually nothing has been done to remove them, despite the authorities being...

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