‘We did the overflight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist,’ said uncontacted tribes expert José Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Júnior. Meirelles works for FUNAI, the Brazilian government’s Indian affairs department. ‘This is very important because there are some who doubt their existence.’
Survival’s director Stephen Corry said today, ‘These pictures are further evidence that uncontacted tribes really do exist. The world needs to wake up to this, and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with international law. Otherwise, they will soon be made extinct.’
You can write a letter to Peru’s president asking him to recognise his country’s isolated Indians’ land rights—which would protect uncontacted peoples on both sides of the Peru-Brazil border.
And now we know they are there should we observe them as though they were lab mice or should we ignore them as though we were selfish comsumers?
I don’t know Nangas, but someone needs to let these people know about the upcoming new iPhone!