A Mae’s Schools student was left traumatised yesterday after his indigenous wear was deemed inappropriate by teachers at the school and he was mocked during the day by fellow students.

Amerindian communities in Guyana have raised concerns that Venezuela’s takeover may threaten decades-long battles for recognition of their customary lands and, in the process, endanger the ...

“STAND AGAINST DISCRIMINATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR RIGHT TO WEAR CULTURAL ATTIRE ANYWHERE IN GUYANA…EVIL PREVAILS ... because his father is Amerindian, to dress like an Amerindian ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) -- A United Nations agency is urging Guyana to review the practice of granting mining permits and concessions in indigenous communities before obtaining consent from ...

The report calls upon the Guyanese government to “implement institutional reforms to curb the environmental degradation caused by mining and to protect the rights of the Amerindian community ...

CHINESE LANDING, GuyanaCHINESE LANDING, Guyana — One of Guyana’s smallest Amerindian villages is waging a monumental battle that could decide the amount of control that thousands of indigenous ...

Amerindians in Guyana have said they are being racially discriminated against by the country's two main ethnic groups, Afro and Indo-Guyanese. These claims of racial discrimination come against ...

Gordon Ramsay with Chef Delven Adams in Georgetown, Guyana. Rovin Alvin, an Amerindian fishing guide, teaches Gordon Ramsay how to make a bow and arrow used to catch Arowana, a freshwater bony fish.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Government will be granting a waiver in gun-licensing fees for Amerindians who are dependent on the weapons for hunting to fend off animals damaging their farms.

Indigenous matters blog The Voice of the Taino People publishes a press release issued by the Amerindian Peoples Association of Guyana (APA) objecting to the passage of the Amerindian Bill 2005 in its ...

Guyana has some 78,500 Amerindians who represent nearly 10% of the country’s population. They live in more than 240 communities on some 6 million hectares (15 million acres) that often are home ...