Indigenous Peoples Organizations

Asociacion de descendientes de la Nación Charrúa (ADENCH) is a non-profit association, born in 1989, in Uruguay, which promotes the rescue of indigenous identity.

50 years ago our community was forcibly evicted from our homeland, The Chagos Islands, by the British Government to make way for a United States military base. We were exiled to the Seychelles and Mauritius where we have...

The Council of the Charrúa Nation of Uruguay (CONACHA) is currently made up of 10 organizations and communities from different parts of Uruguay. One of its main objectives is to achieve recognition of the current indigenous...

As a repository of traditional knowledge, our role has never been more important, as our planet faces major threats from environmental degradation and global warming. And to deal with it, we must act at all levels, in...