Posted on 02/16/2022 9:19:39 AM PST by Red Badger
A previously unknown uncontacted tribe has been confirmed for the first time by authorities in Brazil, according to Survival International, an organization that "champions tribal peoples around the world."
Very little is known about the tribe, but it’s already clear they are facing a myriad of threats ranging from organized violence to COVID-19.
The uncontacted tribe’s presence was recently verified by an official expedition by FUNAI, Brazil’s federal agency for indigenous affairs, in an area along the Purus River in the western Amazon region of Brazil. The expedition did not make contact with the tribe, but confirmed their presence after discovering numerous hunting shelters, baskets, pots, and bows in the area. Members of the expedition also heard members of the tribe talking nearby.
“They know very little about them, but in order to protect them and their land immediately, they don’t need to know who they are or what language they speak. The Land Protection Order can and should be declared in order to give FUNAI’s field team time and space to do more fieldwork to determine the size of their territory and an estimate of their population,” Fiona Watson, Advocacy and Research Director at Survival International, told IFLScience.
Unfortunately, the area is not protected, becoming increasingly infringed on by non-Indigenous settlers. Disease is one of many threats this brings. Rates of both malaria and COVID-19 are extremely high in the area, while vaccine rates are reportedly very low – which could spell catastrophe for a community with no immunity to the infections of the globalized world.
“They are under huge threat, especially from a chance encounter with the settlers who live in and use the reserve collecting nuts and other forest produce. The risk of them spreading malaria, COVID-19 or flu is high and any disease could be lethal to the uncontacted since they have little or no immunity to diseases transmitted by outsiders like flu, malaria, measles, etc,” explained Watson.
There is also the very real risk of violence. There have been reports in recent years of other uncontacted groups in the neighboring Amazon state being slaughtered by loggers, miners, or drug traffickers.
The threat of violence has dramatically increased under the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro, whose personal brand of far-right populism has spelled disaster for the Amazon rainforest and the people who live there. Alongside a long history of racist jokes about indigenous people, Bolsonaro has called indigenous reserves “an obstacle to agri-business” and called for the forced “integration” of uncontacted tribes.
Survival International is pushing FUNAI to take immediate action to ensure the survival of this newly confirmed tribe.
Firstly, they argue the federal agency needs to fund more expeditions to the tribes’ area to gain a better understanding of their population and territory. Secondly, they need to build a protection post in the area and put a health cordon along the border area of the territory. If they fail to act with urgency, Survival International believes the tribe could face extermination.
“It should place an immediate Land Protection Order on the uncontacted tribe’s territory and ensure that the local FUNAI field team has the capacity to monitor the territory to prevent incursions and possible contact,” added Watson.
As we all know, the biggest danger they face is that they’re probably not vaxxed, and don’t wear masks!
OH THE HUMANITY!
too late, the serpent has already entered their garden of Eden
The biggest danger is not just COVID, but any virus or disease.
“...Tribe Is Facing Deep Danger” Yup. Civilization will screw them up real fast. Cell phones, masks, vaxxes. They probably thought they were happy living like they did.
As long as they deliver my packages on time.
Drop some pictures of Hitlery and Joyless Behar and others. They’ll run deeper into the jungle.
...and COVID-19 are extremely high in the area, while vaccine rates are reportedly very low – which could spell catastrophe for a community with no immunity to the infections of the globalized world.
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Because it’s not like their body’s own immune system could possibly fend off Covid.
DEAR GOD! Tell me they are wearing mask! WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!
For the brainwashed media there be only covid in every waking thought. Climate change is now only included in one out of three of their waking thoughts.
What, no mention of global warming? Someone’s slacking off!
The danger is they just couldn’t be left alone and now they have to deal with everyone else’s problems 🤪
That’s what the libtards do to people here
“Unfortunately, the area is not protected, becoming increasingly infringed on by non-Indigenous settlers. “
It sounds like the US these days...
Oh no, they are going to die without HUMANITY’S help...
These “reports” emerge every five years or so, often with that same tired picture of some mostly naked guy preparing to chuck a spear at a helicopter.
Always the only people who want to keep “primitive peoples” primitive are hyperventilating environmental liberals, self & society-loathing primitive-wannabes and academic anthropologists (Which are actually often all three of those things!)! Oh yes also bloviating western documentary makers trying to invoke guilt on western audiences for not being primitive ! There's cash in that!
Quick, tripple vaccinate them! Before they catch covid or soemthing!
The area isn’t protected, yet there they are, living traditionally with their families, worshipping their own way, hunting and fishing every day...raising good kids that respect their elders...
Until...
“Hello. I am with the government and I am here to help you...”
Love the smell of dung fires in the morning from the porch of my mud hut.
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