Striking images of uncontacted tribe in Brazil

Via Sur­vival Inter­na­tional:

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.

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  1. nangas,

    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?

  2. I don’t know Nan­gas, but someone needs to let these people know about the upcom­ing new iPhone! ;)

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