From Wired.com `Video of an uncontacted tribe spotted in the Brazilian jungle has been released, bringing them to life in ways that photographs alone cannot.
The tribe, believed to be Panoa Indians, have been monitored from a distance by Brazil’s National Indian Foundation, a government agency charged with handling the nation’s indigenous communities. Many of the world’s 100 or so uncontacted tribes live in the Amazon.
Until 1987, it was government policy to contact such people. But contact is fraught with problems, especially disease; people who have stayed isolated from the mainstream world have stayed isolated from its pathogens, and have little immunity to our diseases. Brazilian government policy is now to watch from afar, and — at least in principle — to protect uncontacted tribes from intrusion.
Unfortunately, uncontacted tribes usually live in resource-rich areas threatened by logging, mining and other development. There’s often pressure on governments to turn a blind eye. Videos like this, released by tribal advocacy group Survival International and produced by the BBC’s Human Planet program, are legal proof that uncontacted tribes still exist, and deserve protection`.
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residuekind of a dupe
http://videosift.com/video/Film-Footage-Of-One-Of-The-Last-Uncontacted-Tribes
ant*wings *nature
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shagen454The term "development" needs to be redefined to mean something that is actually positive; mining and logging to create a thousand shitty jobs and lining the pockets of a couple of fat pigs should definitely not be considered any sort of "development".
lucky760*quality *fascinating. They should drop a Coca-Cola bottle out of the plane and watch them go ape-shit.
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messengerIt's quite unlikely they are in Brasilia, since Brasilia is a large city and metropolitan area, whereas these settlements seem as remote as you can get.
bamdrewWOW!
I'm a cynical bastard, and this completely blows my mind.
spoco2For those of you, like me, who thought this seemed like something that had been labelled a 'hoax' in the past: Here is some clarification about what they mean by 'uncontacted'. It's not the best term to use and leads to people saying 'bullshit, they've been contacted before'.
But man, they should be allowed to live apart from others for as long as they want.
PaybackThey should just hop on their Leonopteryx and kick the shit out of the loggers.
poolcleanerMeanwhile, at the uncontacted village, their local government orchestrates an elaborate cover up of the unidentified flying object spotted over their village. It never happened, says the tribal leaders.
Luckily uncontacted tribal warriors, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are on the case. Are they no longer alone on the back of the eternal turtles swimming through the cosmos? How many turtles down is the universe? And just who is behind this tribal government cover up? THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
flavioribeiro>> ^messenger:
It's quite unlikely they are in Brasilia, since Brasilia is a large city and metropolitan area, whereas these settlements seem as remote as you can get.
Indeed. Brasilia is about 3000 km away from the border with Peru (where this tribe supposedly is).
quantumushroomSomeone call Richard Dreyfuss!
dictionThis.
Title should be fixed to "Uncontacted Tribe in Brazil..." or "Uncontacted Tribe in the Amazon..."
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It's quite unlikely they are in Brasilia, since Brasilia is a large city and metropolitan area, whereas these settlements seem as remote as you can get.
Bojeebeessays...I wonder if airplanes are like UFOs to them.
brycewi19*humanitarian
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