Indigenous People Threatened

[MA-Caver]

BRASILIA (AFP) – Brazil has allowed the release of rare photographs of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe to bring attention to the plight of indigenous people who rights groups say are faced with possible annihilation.
The astonishing images, showing curious adults and children peering skyward with their faces dyed reddish-orange and toting bows, arrows and spears, were taken by Brazil's [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]National [COLOR=#366388 ! important]Indian [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Foundation[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] (FUNAI).
Rights group Survival International, which accompanied the government agency on the overflight near the Brazil-Peru border, said their baskets were full of papaya and manioc grown in a communal garden.
"Illegal loggers will destroy this indigenous people. It is essential that the Peruvian government stop them before it is too late," warned Survival's director [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Stephen [COLOR=#366388 ! important]Corry[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR].


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110201/sc_afp/brazilperunativerights_20110201110827

One of the last untouched by civilization tribes in the world... funny how the photo looks awfully familiar...
http://greenupgrader.com/1694/amazing-photos-untouched-native-amazon-tribe/

http://blog.survivalinternational.o...contacted-tribe-knew-exactly-where-they-were/

It was a while ago that they deemed the photos to be a hoax or the story at least to be a hoax. That these people have indeed been in contact with modern man ... just left alone as they were.
Either way the long arm of civilization will eventually reach these people and they'll know more about their world outside the jungle. Personally I don't think it's as tragic a loss to anthropology as they would say it is. You cannot study a people without affecting them. Almost like a certain Prime Directive.

 

[LuckyKBoxer]

if they are untouched by modern civilization how do you explain the white cooking pan, and the machete?

 

[granfire]

if they are untouched by modern civilization how do you explain the white cooking pan, and the machete?

The Crazy Gods dropped it...

 

[LuckyKBoxer]

The Crazy Gods dropped it...

I might be warped, but I actually enjoyed that movie "the gods must be crazy"

 

[bushidomartialarts]

I might be warped, but I actually enjoyed that movie "the gods must be crazy"

Not warped. Refined. That was a hilarious movie.