Existence of Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Confirmed
Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer
Date: 24 June 2011 Time: 05:34 PM ET
| Home belonging to an uncontacted Indian tribe are surrounded by crops in a clearing in the Javari Valley of the western Amazon. CREDIT: Uncontacted Amazon Indians, Javari Valley, Brazil © Peetsa/Arquivo CGIIRC-Funai |
Brazilian officials have confirmed the existence of approximately 200 Indians who live in the western Amazon with no contact with the outside world.
This uncontacted tribe is not “lost” or unknown, according to tribal advocacy group Survival International. In fact, about 2,000 uncontacted Indians are suspected to live in the Javari Valley where the tribe’s homes were seen from the air. But confirming the tribe’s existence enables government authorities to monitor the area and protect the tribe’s way of life.
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