The unnamed tribesman learned how to fend for himself and survive in the rainforest after his entire tribe was wiped out.

The National Indigenous Foundation (FUNAI) has unveiled some stunning unseen photos they managed to capture of a never-before-seen tribe, discovered deep in the Amazon jungle. This indigenous ...

The man's tribe, believed to have once numbered around ... He was the only one who got away. Funai, the indigenous affairs agency, had long respected his desire for solitude.

Most of the man's tribe was killed around the 1970s as ranchers ... a retired employee for Funai, per The Guardian. Sarah Shenker, who campaigns with Survival International, said "rejecting ...

But severe cuts to FUNAI’s budget have made it all the more challenging to safeguard isolated tribes such as the Awá from the inexorable pressures of a resource-hungry global economy.

According to Funai, they are indigenous people of the Moxihatëtëa people who have not been yet contacted but have been monitored by the foundation since 2010. They are one of those communities ...

Rieli Franciscato, 56, had spent his career as an official in the government's indigenous affairs agency Funai, working to set up reservations to protect Brazil's tribes. But last week as he moved ...

Survival International, the Brazilian government's FUNAI (National Indian Foundation), and other advocacy groups seek to protect vulnerable tribes without interfering with them. Here's where some ...