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27 July 2004 e-news from Survival International, supporting tribal

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Sri Lanka: Veddahs appeal to be allowed to return home

The Veddah people of Sri Lanka have appealed to their country's

government to allow them to return to their land. One Veddah man told

a Survival researcher, 'Living in the jungle, we had everything we

needed. We can't get these things here in the village. We want to go

back to our jungle.'

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Brazil: Arara on the brink of destruction

The Brazilian government has unexpectedly halted the demarcation of a

key territory belonging to the Arara Indians, called Cachoeira Seca.

The tribe, some of whom were only contacted in 1987, are fighting for

survival against waves of loggers, land speculators and settlers who

have illegally invaded their territory.

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Ethiopia: Mursi cattle-herders face wave of settlement

Three thousand families belonging to the farming Konso people have

been moved onto the lowland territory of the cattle-herding Mursi and

Bodi peoples in the southwest of the country. The move is part of the

Ethiopian government's scheme, backed by the World Bank, to resettle

2.2 million people.

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