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Until a few weeks ago, this village hadn't seen tourists in 10 years," says our local guide, Viktor, as we tread across a stilted log platform, bright green sago palms flanking the surrounding swamp ...

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Renowned author Carl Hoffman talked about his award-winning books and his life as an author this week on Townsquare Sunday. He will return to New Bedford several more times before headlining Spinner ...

The Native American tribe that owns the land under Billie Eilish’s multimillion-dollar Los Angeles mansion said celebrities should “explicitly” reference the tribes if they want to use them to ...

Never-before-seen high-definition footage of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe has surfaced in a recent interview between an American conservationist and podcaster Lex Fridman. Author Paul Rosolie has ...

The distinction for the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina, signed into law on Thursday, opens access to federal support and defies challenges from other tribes over their legitimacy. By Rick Rojas ...

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is the only federally recognized tribe operating within Mississippi. Thirteen other federally recognized tribes have historical ties to Mississippi but are now ...

From the depths of Brazil's Amazon to Indonesia's rainforests, some of the world's most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public ...

A Catholic diocese in Indonesia’s Christian-majority Papua region has postponed a popular annual festival showcasing famed tribal woodcarvings following mob violence against members of the organizing ...