Young Kayapo (Mebengokre) girl at a protest in Brasilia.
for stay impartial, the charity does not accept government funding.
To help support their ongoing campaigns, they’ve recently released their 2023 calendar,We, the People.
“Young Kayapó (Mebêngôkre) girl at a protest in Brasília. Every year, in April, thousands of Brazilian indigenous people travel many kilometers from territories across the country to gather at the Free Land Camp in the capital, to protest in defense of their lands and lives.” Kayapó (Mebêngôkre) girl, Brazil, 2022 (Photo: © Ekuná Kamayurá)
The 12 incredible images found in the calendar illustrate daily life for Indigenous people.
Survival International has made it its mission to preserve this diversity, which is under constant attack.
Since 1969, Survival International has been championing the rights of Indigenous people.
“Although they may have to leave their family to go to school, many Nenets children then return to live in the tundra. Tribal children are the inheritors of their territories, languages and unique ways of seeing the world, and the custodians of their ancestors’ knowledge.” Nenets camp, Russia, 2019 (Photo: © Yuliya Vassilyeva)
They are also a collective call for all of us to support them.
Its used as fuel, and to reinforce the insulation of Ladakhi houses.
Ladakhi shepherd, India, 2017 (Photo: Nadia Ferroukhi)
A Guajajara woman weaving a mania hammock.
“For tens of thousands of years, people have used their handprints to signal their existence and resistance. They are also a collective call for all of us to support them.” Yanomami men, Brazil, 2010 (Photo: © Fiona Watson)
They have managed and protected the forest they depend on since time immemorial and are its best guardians.
During this period, the community gathers together, and performs weddings and traditional ceremonies.
The Bajau spend most of their lives at sea.
“On the shores of a frozen lake near Gya, this shepherd carries dried yak dung in his hood. It’s used as fuel, and to reinforce the insulation of Ladakhi houses.” Ladakhi shepherd, India, 2017 (Photo: © Nadia Ferroukhi)
“A Guajajara woman weaving a maniá hammock. A group of incredibly brave and inspiring members of the tribe, known as the Guardians of the Amazon, are putting their lives on the line to save their forest home – and their uncontacted Awá neighbors – from destruction.” Guajajara woman, Terra IndígenaAraribóia, Brazil, 2021 (Photo: © Edivan Dos Santos Guajajara)
“Tribal peoples are the best guardians of their lands and, even from the air, the diversity of their landscapes is extraordinary. While this image shows Enawene Nawe houses and surrounding pathways, trees and vegetation, multispectral imaging technology is also used to expose environmental degradation – a key tool in the fight against the invasion of indigenous territories.” Enawene Nawe village, Brazil, 2020 (Photo: © Richard Mosse, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery)
“At an altitude of more than 17,000 feet, the Quechua alpaquera Alina cradles a baby alpaca on her way to the summer grazing of her family’s alpaca herd, in the Andes. Shrinking glaciers and increased drought are drying pastures, forcing the herders — many of whom are women — to search for new grazing grounds, often in difficult terrain.” Alina Surquislla Gomez, Quechua, Peru, 2021 (Photo: © Alessandro Cinque)
“For generations, the pastoralist Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania have followed the seasonal rains of East Africa, moving their herds from one place to another, thus giving the grass a chance to grow again. But they are now increasingly suffering from climate change, human rights abuses and eviction in the name of conservation.” Maasai herdsmen, Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya, 2015 (Photo: © Charlie Hamilton James)
“A group of women gathering edible caterpillars in their forest home. They have managed and protected the forest they depend on since time immemorial and are its best guardians. However, the creation of Protected Areas has brought hunger, ill-health and devastating violence – harassment, beatings, torture and even death – to local and indigenous people.” Aka Mbenzelé women, Republic of Congo, 2021 (Photo: © Marco Simoncelli)
“The Üi Kãnã Pataxi ritual is held annually in October to mark the start of the rainy season – a time of harvests and plenty for the Pataxó people. During this period, the community gathers together, and performs weddings and traditional ceremonies.” Pataxó men, Brazil, 2014(Photo: © Edgar Kanaykõ Xakriabá)
“A boy joyfully jumping from his house into the sea. The Bajau spend most of their lives at sea. When hunting for fish, pearls and sea cucumbers on the sea-bed, they can free-dive to a depth of up to 20 meters, and hold their breath for up to three minutes.” Sama-Bajau boy, Malaysia, 2013 (Photo: © Pierre de Vallombreuse)
A yurt, the traditional portable home of several distinct nomadic peoples on the steppes of Central Asia, under a spectacular starry Mongolian sky. Yurt of Kazakh Eagle Hunters, Mongolia, 2018 (Photo: © Vijesh Kumar Raju)
