International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, 9 August. There are an estimated 370 million indigenous people in the world, living across 90 countries.
They make up less than 5 per cent of the world's population, but account for 15 per cent of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world's estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures. News From Indian Country - Home. Survival International - The movement for tribal peoples.