Previously Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Photographed

ManicMechanic and other readers sent in news of a tribe of aboriginal people from the border of Peru and Brazil that has been photographed by helicopter for the first time. The images show huts in a village and people in red body paint shooting arrows at the helicopter. The outfit that released the photos, Survival International, works to end illegal logging in the rainforest in order to protect the uncontacted tribes living there. They estimate that 100 uncontacted groups exist worldwide, about half of them in the Amazon basin.

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Re:xo

[Vectronic]

Indeed, its an interesting thought though... I mean, everytime a chopper flies over, you could be redefining their entire religion or something.

"Thats the Whirly, God of birds!"

Re:Arrogance.

[jonhainer]

"Uncontacted tribes" is a poor choice of phrasing. "Self-isolated tribes" may be better. These people are not stupid, and they know that other people exist. If anyone in that tribe wanted to contact the outside world, they'd just walk over to a logging camp or a park headquarters.

You say that these people should have a choice, and they do. They have specifically decided not to come to meet us, and in fact, they go out of their way to avoid us. We should respect that choice and leave them be.

Re:Those pics look fake to me. Shenanigans?

[ProppaT]

It would be fun to show them the real world. I find that statement ironic, seeing that they live in nature and you're surrounded by concrete.