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Previously Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Photographed

Posted by kdawson on from the bring-down-big-metal-bird dept.

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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  1. Prioritize, people! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll


    They should stop the logging in the Amazon for the good of the whole planet, not just because a handful of greasy, inbred savages live there.

  2. Re:Arrogance. by LWATCDR · · Score: 0, Troll

    "but at least they probably have strong family units and a good sense of belonging in their tribe. In today's modern world, we all live in tightly packed areas, but hardly know anyone around us. It can end up being a very lonely existence."
    That is I am afraid a choice that to many people make.

    I don't even see why they need to integrate with our society. There is good things that tech brings as well as bad.
    I just don't see how not offering them a chance to even learn about the planet they live one is a good thing.
    Since when have we on Slashdot ever went with the ignorance is bliss ideology?

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  3. Re:Arrogance? My ass by LWATCDR · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Help THEM out before you boldly take your morals to where no man has gone before."
    Except they are men and women.

    They really are just like us.
    As to the rest of you statements. Yep things in some places really do suck. Those also need to be fixed.
    As I have said time and time again. I would like to seem them offered a choice and that choice be respected.

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  4. hmmm by geekoid · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wonder if I can get the territory for a new Starbucks?

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  5. Re:Arrogance? My ass by LWATCDR · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well I have never snorted any coke in my life.
    And that lovely myth of finding some magical plant... What is there average life span? 30? 40? maybe 45 years?
    Thanks but I will keep my modern technology.
    What you don't get is that I think they should be given a choice and not locked in some preserve.

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