Six years later their efforts were rewarded when they were officially recognized as an ethnic tribe -- one of 94 groups totaling up to 800,000 people, or about 2% of Colombia’s population.

According to the Indian association, the Tules are considering leaving Colombia. “They are thinking about moving to Panama,” said Lizardo Domico, a member of the association.

The Colombian government is seeking to resolve a conflict with native tribes after attacks on an oil pipeline curtailed production. Government officials planned to meet with members of the U’wa ...

More than 5,000 people from nine native tribes in the town of Toribio are protesting a proposal from the Colombian government that would add more than 600 troops in the area, El Tiempo reported ...

Colombia is asking indigenous Amazon tribes to suggest ways to spend more than $7 million available to fight deforestation, the nation's environment minister said on Wednesday, part of an ...

Last month, more than 35,000 Colombian Indians–many wearing traditional black bowler hats and ponchos–marched three days in southern Colombia to protest the violence and other issues.

Twelve members of the Awa Indian tribe in Colombia were killed by gunmen in military fatigues who burst into their house at daybreak on Wednesday and fired indiscriminately, a national indigenous ...

BOGOTA, Jan 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Colombia is asking indigenous Amazon tribes to suggest ways to spend more than $7 million available to fight deforestation, the nation's environment ...