Uncontacted Tribes Should Be Brought Into Modernity
It's amazing that there are still uncontacted tribes anywhere in the world, and it's very sad to me that anyone hesitates to bring them into modernity. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — One of Brazil's last uncontacted Indian tribes has been spotted in the far western Amazon jungle near the Peruvian border, the National Indian Foundation said Thursday. The Indians were sighted in an Ethno-Environmental Protected Area along the Envira River in flights over remote Acre state, said the Brazilian governmen read
Brazil: Uncontacted Tribes The BBC has run pictures provided by the Brazil National Indian Foundation of tribal people who are believed to be uncontacted by the ‘civilized’ world: “More than half the world’s 100 uncontacted tribes live in Brazil or Peru.” Last Refuge Posted by Bob Zuber on 05/30/2008 @ 2:48:25 AM in Latin America | Race read
Lost Tribe Fri, 30/05/2008 - 9:26pm — Ekendra Dasa This is so interesting. "APPEALS have been made to leave alone the members of one of Brazil's last uncontacted Indian tribes, spotted in the Amazon jungle near the Peruvian border. The Indians were sighted and photographed from an aircraft or helicopter during flights over the rainforest in remote Acre state, said Brazil's National Indian Foundation, known as Funai." News Ekendra Dasa's blog read
Brazil's Fundação Nacional do Indio (National Indian Foundation) has published aerial photos of a new "uncontacted" tribe found in a remote area of the Amazon near the border with Peru (FUNAI - in Portuguese). "These pictures are further evidence that uncontacted tribes really do exist," said a statement. "The world needs to wake up to this, and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with international law. Otherwise, they will soon be made extinct." We should do everything possi read
The Untouched :: New Tribe found in Amazon Posted by Robert Ballecer @ 12:05 am Science No Comments » The National Indian Foundation, a government agency in Brazil, published the photos Thursday on its Web site. It tracks “uncontacted tribes” — indigenous groups that are thought to have had no contact with outsiders — and seeks to protect them from encroachment. More than 100 uncontacted tribes remain worldwide, and about half live in the remote reaches of the Amazonian rainforest in Peru o read