Surprisingly, there are over 100 tribes around the world that have very limited, if any, contact with the outside world. Most are in Papua New Guinea and the Amazon. Today,
Survival International circulated these photos of an uncontacted tribe along the Peruvian-Brazilian border to end arguments, no doubt made by oil and timber interests, that nobody lives in this region.
Here is an iconic image of a Sentinelese man aiming his bow and arrow at an Indian Coast Guard helicopter surveying tsunami damage in the Andaman Islands. There are 40 to 500 Sentinelese left in this world.
Here is an informative piece put out by Survival International about the plight of uncontacted people around the world.
Here is an iconic image of a Sentinelese man aiming his bow and arrow at an Indian Coast Guard helicopter surveying tsunami damage in the Andaman Islands. There are 40 to 500 Sentinelese left in this world.
Here is an informative piece put out by Survival International about the plight of uncontacted people around the world.
Uh no, the overflights were made by the Brazilian government’s Indian affairs department. I'm sure Halliburton is involved somehow though, so keep up the spirit.
ReplyDeleteI hope North Americans don't get wind of this - they'll turn them into a reality show.
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