INDA SABALETA, Colombia, October 8 (UNHCR) - Luz Esperanza has got off to a tough start in life. She was born barely a week ago in the Indian community of Inda Sabaleta; the delivery room a flimsy, ...

The act of breastfeeding helps to establish a bond between the woman and the animal, making it a 'hanima,' or family member. The Awa tribe is one of the world's most endangered indigenous groups.

The Awa of Colombia are an Indigenous people who have been threatened by armed groups in the country's southwestern rainforests for decades, but insist on protecting the environment they say they are ...

This story is part of the Environmental Defenders series, Latin America Bureau and Global Voices. In the Magüí Reservation in Nariño, Colombia, a group of 90 women, men, children, and adolescents are ...

There are over a 100 indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon with little or no contact with mainstream society. The Awá community is one of them. Associate Professor of Anthropology for the ...