Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil

BBC News ^ | 5/30/08 | BBC

[zeebee]

One of South America's few remaining uncontacted indigenous tribes has been spotted and photographed on the border between Brazil and Peru.

The Brazilian government says it took the images to prove the tribe exists and help protect its land.

The pictures, taken from an aeroplane, show red-painted tribe members brandishing bows and arrows.

More than half the world's 100 uncontacted tribes live in Brazil or Peru, Survival International says.

Stephen Corry, the director of the group - which supports tribal people around the world - said such tribes would "soon be made extinct" if their land was not protected.

'Monumental crime'

Survival International says that although this particular group is increasing in number, others in the area are at risk from illegal logging.

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"We did the overflight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist," the group quoted Jose Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Junior, an official in the Brazilian government's Indian affairs department, as saying.

"This is very important because there are some who doubt their existence."

He described the threats to such tribes and their land as "a monumental crime against the natural world" and "further testimony to the complete irrationality with which we, the 'civilised' ones, treat the world".

[gopheraj]

Check the two at the bottom of the largest hut on the left. Man pushing woman with a child on his back. I would venture a guess the other children are already out of the picture in hiding along with the other women. Guess this lady was one of those of us who like to put on a little more hairspray and lipstick and so is late getting out of dodge.

Seems the women are painted black - better to blend in the woods when hiding.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks uglybiker.

Incredible pictures of one of Earth’s last uncontacted tribes firing bows and arrows
Daily Mail | 5/29/08 | Michael Hanlon
Posted on 05/29/2008 2:59:10 PM PDT by LibWhacker
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023208/posts

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2023505/posts?page=42#42

[Southerngl]

Those huts look pretty large compared to the ant size people. Plus, they likely heard the plane before seeing it. If you heard a strange loud noise, would you shove your kids outside to check it out? Or stash them in your house? Seems like just the men out there.

[RetSignman]

[Seems the women are painted black]

I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest she may have been born black. lol

[RetSignman]

Hey, is that guy running on the right beside the big hut wearing a Speedo?

[gopheraj]

ROTFL! Yeah that is a wayyyyyyy different color black too. Not much light gets in.

[cgk]

Am I the only one who finds this whole thing highly skeptical? This is from BBC's website, not altered by me at all:

Is this the polar bear of the Amazon? This is all about protecting "their land" according to the BBC article.

[SunkenCiv]

If by suspicious you mean, does it look like a bunch of plastic models, then the answer is yes — it looks very, very fake. It looks more flagrantly fake than the peekaboo space alien in Denver. Thanks cgk, glad to hear from you again.

[SunkenCiv]

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update:

“Uncontacted” Amazon Tribe Actually Known for Decades
National Geographic News | 6-19-2008 | Kelly Hearn
Posted on 06/21/2008 1:17:49 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2034464/posts