'Uncontacted tribe' sighted in Amazon

CNN) -- Researchers have produced aerial photos of jungle dwellers who they say are among the few remaining peoples on Earth who have had no contact with the outside world.

Taken from a small airplane, the photos show men outside thatched communal huts, necks craned upward, pointing bows toward the air in a remote corner of the Amazonian rainforest

The National Indian Foundation, a government agency in Brazil, published the photos Thursday on its Web site. It tracks "uncontacted tribes" -- indigenous groups that are thought to have had no contact with outsiders -- and seeks to protect them from encroachment.

More than 100 uncontacted tribes remain worldwide, and about half live in the remote reaches of the Amazonian rainforest in Peru or Brazil, near the recently photographed tribe, according to Survival International, a nonprofit group that advocates for the rights of indigenous people.

All are in grave danger of being forced off their land, killed or decimated by new diseases," the organization said Thursday.

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/30/brazil.tribes/index.html?iref=topnews#cnnSTCText


Indians are photographed during an overflight in May 2008, as they react to the overflight at their camp.

I wonder if this is the first time a plane has flown over them...they seem to be shooting at it.

It would seem the potential for them to be manipulated, or taken advantage of like some museum display would be huge. Would exposing their existence bring the curious with cameras and videos in tow?

I just hope that assuming they want to be left alone, they can do so in peace. Very sadly, the massive destruction of the world's rain forests not only threaten indigenous tribes, but many animal and plant species - not to mention the impact on our planetary greenhouse effect. :-(

amazing world we share...

When I read this headline yesterday that was the first thing that entered my mind. Those "strong warriors" won't be so strong after they've been exposed to germs they've never encountered before. May their gods have strong medicine to save them.

circling the wagons

they are probably the last "Free" people on earth...

But sad to think that there's a threat to take that away.

:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEx5G-GOS1k