‘Uncontacted’ Tribe Found in Amazon Along The Peru Border

'Uncontacted' tribe found in Brazil's Amazon

Date: June 23, 2011

Researchers in Brazil say they have found one of the world's last uncontacted tribes in a remote corner of the Amazon forest.

Aerial pictures revealed by the Brazilian government's agency of indigenous affairs (Funai) show four large thatched huts fully surrounded by various crops in the Vale do Javari region.

Aloysio Guapindaia, a Funai director, also said they would work to keep the tribe isolated and safe. The tribe is thought to belong to the Pano linguistic group that straddles the border between Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.

Gabriel Elizondo reports from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Source: Al Jazeera

Four large huts spotted in the Amazon from an airplane indicate an amazing discovery: an uncontacted tribe in Brazil. The huts are thatched and surrounded by crops. Researchers will not make contact with the tribe, since tribe members might not have immunity to outside diseases. They are in the Vale do Javari region along the Peru border—an area thought to have the highest number of uncontacted tribes in the world. In recent years, Brazil has discovered a dozen previously uncontacted troops in the Vale do Javari, which is thought to be home to some 2,000 people. [Source: thedailybeast]

Huts belonging to an isolated indian tribe in the Javari Valley Photo: AFP