JAKARTA, March 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of Indonesian indigenous people gathered on Sumatra island on Friday to call on the government to protect their land rights as fears grow ...

Indonesian tribesman Muhammad Yusuf believes his conversion from animism to Islam in a government-supported programme will eventually make his life easier. "Thank God, the government now pays ...

SEOUL (Reuters Life!) - For members of an Indonesian tribe visiting Seoul for the first time, the winter cold was beyond belief, the high-tech gadgets seemed to come from another world yet the ...

Surrounded by forests, Indigenous Baduy tribe settlements, just a few hours' drive from the Indonesian capital, allow no election campaigning - Copyright AFP BAY ...

The Korowai, or Koroway, from Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua, live in tree houses, speak their own tribal language, and live off forest animals and plants. Almost 3,000 members of the nomadic ...

The older man wore just a loincloth, revealing taut muscles and leathery skin from decades of living deep in the rainforest. Like other members of his tribe, he was covered head to toe in tattoos.

Catholic Church officials have come out in support of a Papuan indigenous tribe after an Indonesian court refused to revoke permits to start an oil palm plantation that threatens to clear the tribals' ...

He felt so comfortable nearly naked that he ended up staying in the Mentawai jungle for nine years. But what struck Rob was the disparity between villages. When he first arrived, he stayed on a ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Lawyers claiming to represent an Indonesian tribe have filed a lawsuit against Phoenix mining company Freeport, demanding $30 billion in damages for unspecified environmental and ...

The Orang Rimba people have inhabited the jungles of Sumatra for centuries, traveling in tight-knit family groups in the Indonesian forests, hunting, fishing and collecting non-timber forest products ...