Uncontacted Indian tribe found in Brazil's Amazon

[madbellazombie]

Uncontacted Indian tribe found in Brazil's Amazon
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- An Indian tribe that has had very limited contact with the outside world has been located in a remote Amazon region, federal authorities said Friday.

The tribe is a subgroup of the Kayapo tribe, and lives on its 12.1 million-acre Menkregnoti Indian reservation

Comments

[neo_teotihuacan]

This is awesome. Too bad the best option most crucual to their survival is literally to stay away from them.

[wolffirepa]

I agree its awesome, but I feel the chances of people staying away from them ranks up there with myself (and you) setting foot on the moon within the next couple days. Unfortunatly i am too cynical and feel they'll turn into a tourist attraction OR a ton of cultural anthro types will flood them.

[julie_t1]

Wow! That is mind-blowing. Thanks for sharing.

[caatinga]

Amazing. And I love that they made contact first, or apparently so.

AND, it lokos like it's actually being handled very well, at least at this juncture.

[dediced_nu]

Wow, that's amazing. Sadly, it won't last long

"100 uncontacted tribes"?

[thehielencoo]

"Miriam Ross, a campaigner with the indigenous rights group Survival International, estimates there are more than 100 uncontacted tribes across the world."

Is this true? I thought most of the world would have been penetrated by now. I can't think of more than a couple places like the Amazon that still have places that are hard to get to. Could there really be that many?

Re: "100 uncontacted tribes"?

[kenosis]

New Guinea.

Re: "100 uncontacted tribes"?

[thehielencoo]

Could the Amazon, New Guinea, and maybe some places in Africa house "100 uncontacted tribes" or more?

Re: "100 uncontacted tribes"?

[kenosis]

Without any significant knowledge on the subject, I would think it's very possible. I mean, consider the existence of TAZs and PAZs; these are places that have only intermittent contact with the outside world -- and there's some of those lots of different places.