Uncontacted Tribes Discovered In Brazil (PHOTOS)

The BBC reported last night that an uncontacted tribe had been discovered on the border between Brazil and Peru.

According to the Guardian, there are around 100 uncontacted tribes in the world. "Survival International estimates more than half are in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon."

The National Indian Foundation, a government agency in Brazil, took these photos and published them Thursday. According to CNN, "it tracks "uncontacted tribes" -- indigenous groups that are thought to have had no contact with outsiders -- and seeks to protect them from encroachment.

They and their relatives apparently live in six communal shelters known as malocas, according to the government, which has tracked at least four uncontacted groups in the region for the last 20 years.

The photos were taken during 20 hours of flights conducted between April 28 and May 2.

More photos here.

Comments

[SamThornton]

Job one: figure out how to steal their stuff. Then let loose the dogs of war. General McCain can tell us how.

[jethrock]

I wanna be the guy with the red body paint!!!!

[MyNameIsJames]

George Bush finally has a place to build his Presidential library! Let's bring some civilization to these heathens! The Bible -- some guns -- and beef jerky.

[olivia]

Hillary wants their votes counted.

[Gmoney1]

Leave them alone - one question - one looks a little like a thin gorilla walking upright???

[akkadian]

alien instructor...

[Midnightrain]

hehehehe ... good one!

[CostaMesaJoe]

Don't be surprised if on the next 'Hannity's America' he will outline a plan on bombing these people on the way home from bombing Iran......

[mabinog]

Friggin amazing, we have these people here and the life they live in the hunter-gatherer type culture and we just landed another piece of incredibly complex machinery on a planet around 400 million miles away.

[GeoLee]

Great post! Captured my thoughts about our scientific evolution succinctly.

[Fernando]

That puts things in perspective don't it? Reminds me of that scene in Australia in the movie The Right Stuff.

I have to say though, these pics look a little contrived: Painted Indians trying to shoot arrows at a helicopter? No matter how isolated, these people would have seen planes and helicopters for years.

[hope4theflowers]

i think so too.But its all fun.And thought provoking.

[wndrwrthg]

Not necessarily. Depending on their location they could be far removed from the flyways, and helicopter traffic could be mere chance. If we wish to view them, let us use satellites or unmanned drones.

[DebofMD]

"First contact is often completely catastrophic for "uncontacted" tribes. It's not unusual for 50 percent of the tribe to die in months after first contact," said Miriam Ross, a campaigner with the Indian rights group Survival International. "They don't generally have immunity to diseases common to outside society. Colds and flu that aren't usually fatal to us can completely wipe them out."

For the 800th time: They need to be left alone.

[Lion24]

Notify Lou Dobbs and Sean Hannity immediately. They look like they're ready to migrate to USA illegally.

[shroomingnewman]

lol

[GeoLee]

Thanks for posting this Doc. This is such an important message

Note to George Bush:

We do need to stay out and not try to democratize them.

[QueenCeleste]

My thought exactly. Just leave them the hell alone.

[TruEngineHearing]

Exactly correct. Even flying overhead is a threat to their lives. Forget them; destroy the negatives, lose the map. Just wish them well and leave them in our dreams.

[indypete]

Fat chance... Andy Cooper will be all over them in a New York second.

[lotuslike]

Uncontacted and yet buzzed over by helicopters. I can only pray that they are now left alone!

[CarolinaDem]

You'll notice they're not bowing down in awe, but doing their best to fight the thing off. Good start.

[shroomingnewman]

this is effing hilarious! they're trying to shoot down the helicopter with arrows!

[DebofMD]

Very astute observation. What are they supposed to use--Guns? Rockets?

[shroomingnewman]

its too bad you can't buy a sense of humor

[preatorius]

If they hit the pilot, they will succeed.

[wndrwrthg]

Take out the tail rotor.

[antiprocrastination]

AWESOME. AMAZING.

Now leave them ALONE! I truly hope some curious Hollywood producers or curious millionaires trying to "learn" their culture (exploit), or "save" them will not bother w/ them. They have been their for eons w/o anyone's help and don't need it now.

LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!

Does anyone know if there is protests or aid in stopping the logging. What are these countries doing? We should have learned from the past treatment of other natives to North America.

[mabinog]

hell, they have more to worry about from the Christian proselytizers than some rich toad who wouldn't go through the trouble of leaving his car, his cell phone and shiny shoes to hike his ass into the hot steamy jungle where these people live.

Well, I take that back in part. If someone thought there was a crap load of money to be made they would hire some other fool to give up his shiny shoes to go there.

Still have to say that someone out to save souls would be more motivated to get there than the rich Hollywood types.

[AnnArky]

This must be the lost tribe I saw that milk carton.

America is lost, do you think some benevolent race (or someone with a brain and a heart) could find us?

[TRYKER]

could find us?"
They can't miss us, we're the big ugly with the guns and bombs all around the planet!

[awcbuddy8]

Why the hell would aliens care about tards such as yourself?

[OtayPanky]

They weren't lost until we found them.

Now they're so screwed.

[bmora]

Don't look lost to me.

[eggman]

Look closely at the building in the third picture. See it? A Starbucks!

[Fotios]

I wonder if they've accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior yet?

[Gmoney1]

You're stupid - as long as you don't send those colonization church people in there to mess up things - leave them alone - they don't need diseases and all that comes with colonization -

[indypete]

Relax... he's kidding.