Posted on 08/28/2025 1:31:47 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Members of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest and avoid contact with outsiders have been reported entering a neighboring village in what activists consider an alarming sign that the group is under stress from development.
The sightings of members of Mashco Piro tribe come as a logging company is building a bridge that could give outsiders easier access to the tribe’s territory, a move that could raise the risk of disease and conflict, according to Survival International, which advocates for Indigenous rights.
The Mashco Piro are among the world’s largest uncontacted groups, living without regular interaction with outside society to protect their culture and health. Even a simple cold can be deadly to the group because it lacks immunity to common diseases.
Loggers who encroached on the tribe’s lands have previously been killed.
Enrique Añez, president of the nearby Yine community, another Indigenous group, said in a statement Tuesday that Mashco Piro members had been seen around the Yine village of Nueva Oceania.
“It is very worrying; they are in danger,” Añez said.
Añez said heavy machinery near Nueva Oceania is cutting paths through the jungle and across rivers into Mashco Piro territory. The village sits at a key access point to the Mashco Piro’s territory, making it one of the few places where members of the tribe have occasionally been seen.
Increased risk for logging workers and Indigenous peoples
Survival International last year released photos showing dozens of Mashco Piro close to active logging zones. The group warns that contact with outsiders could spread disease or lead to violent conflict — risks that have previously wiped out other isolated groups in the Amazon.
Last year, two loggers were killed in bow-and-arrow attacks after entering...
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A year from now they will be wearing Yankees and Dodgers hats.
Amazon is really going to extremes to outsource their workforce.
And Nike kicks
That might mess up the sociological grant money coming in that lets them study and protect their ‘pets’.
That might mess up the sociological grant money coming in that lets them study and protect their ‘pets’.
And tee shirts of the team that LOOSES the Superbowl
If the "activists" desire to observe groups and tribes "under stress," there is no need to travel to South America. Just visit Chicago.
A few weeks ago, you could have witnessed more tribes under stress in Washington DC. Today, not so much.
Next year they will be living large in New Youth work City
The WoodoniTribe that Speared a
missionary Group back in 1955 seem to be well.
Last I Heared.
If they aren’t free people, just build a larger cage around them if they are getting out when they aren’t supposed to.
Or maybe they just went over to see what was being built.
Curiosity.
The Mashco Piro are among the world’s largest uncontacted groups, living without regular interaction with outside society to protect their culture and health.
The spokesman for the Mashco Piro had no comments.
Dear Joe,
Please send more uncles.
Do we know their pronouns yet?
Yes they are. But can I get free overnight delivery from the rain forest?
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