Tribes Of The Amazon

‘Lost’ Amazonian tribes: Why the West can’t get over its obsession with El Dorado

A mythical Amazonia is easy to challenge on a factual basis, but such objections appear rather feeble in the face of the power of cliché.

Stephen Nugent, The Conversation
· Apr 09, 2018 · 11:30 pm
Can Ayahuasca, the ‘sacred plant’ of the Amazon, help addiction and depression?

Western science is discovering the medical potential of ayahuasca, which Amazonian indigenous groups have used ritualistically for centuries.

Rafael Guimarães dos Santos, The Conversation
· Nov 12, 2016 · 05:30 am
Occupy Amazonia? Indigenous activists are taking direct action – and it's working

Native groups in a remote corner of Peru just took over 14 oil wells for a month.

Marc Brightman, The Conversation
· Mar 18, 2015 · 03:00 pm