New tribe discovered in Brazil

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We are at the era where man have started to send unmanned missioned to other planets to look for other form of lifeforms, who would then expect that in our own backyard there still tribes that are unknown to man….

The picture was taken in Brazil and allegedly it is a new tribe. You could read the rest of the story below.

Agence France-Presse
First Posted 23:39:00 05/30/2008

SAO PAULO — Dramatic images of an isolated Brazilian tribe believed never to have had contact with the outside world were published by officials Friday to draw attention to threats posed to their way of life.

The pictures, released by the Brazilian government’s National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), showed alarmed natives pointing bows and arrows at the aircraft carrying photographers.

The head of FUNAI’s environmental protection unit responsible for the images, Jose Carlos dos Reis Mereilles, told Brazilian newspapers the foundation had known of the existence of the tribe for years — located in thick rainforest near the Peruvian border — and many photos had been taken.

“This time, we decided to reveal the material to prove that there are Indians living in complete isolation, and to call attention to a serious problem that exists, which is the threat of interlopers from the Peruvian side,” he told O Estado de S. Paulo.

The pictures were taken from several flights over the apparently sedentary tribe’s thatched-roof village in the remote Brazilian state of Acre.

Survival International, a British group lobbying on behalf of indigenous people around the world, said on its website there were fears illegal logging in Peru could endanger the Brazilian tribe’s habitat, by forcing displaced Peruvian tribes into contact with it.

It said there were an estimated 500 isolated Indians living on the Brazilian side of the border.

“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,” Survival International director Stephen Corry said.

His group said there were more than 100 uncontacted indigenous tribes worldwide.

source:inquirer.net


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