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Uncontacted Tribes: The Last Free People on Earth
Deep in one of the remotest parts of the Brazilian Amazon, in a clearing at the headwaters of the Envira River, an Indian man looks up at an aeroplane. He is surrounded by kapok trees and banana...
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Fisticuffs Erupts in Peru Over Uncontacted Tribes
Officials deny plans to open rain forest reserves, promise new protections By Scott Wallace Peru says it will bolster protections for uncontacted tribes roaming the deep Amazon after a public row...
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Uncontacted Tribe Discovered in Brazilian Amazon
Settlement of an uncontacted indigenous tribe in the Javari Valley, Brazil. Photo courtesy of FUNAI. Officials from Brazil’s Indian affairs agency, FUNAI, say they have confirmed the existence of a...
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Concern for Uncontacted Tribes as Armed Gang Invades Brazilian Forest
Five Brazilian Indian rights officials are holding out in a remote jungle outpost in a desperate attempt to protect uncontacted indigenous groups from heavily-armed drug traffickers who have moved into...
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Peru Releases Dramatic Footage of Uncontacted Indians
The Peruvian government has released dramatic new footage showing a near-encounter with a group of uncontacted Indians along a riverbank in the Amazon rain forest. The video was taken by travelers on...
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More Sightings, Violence Around Uncontacted Tribes
Why Would Isolated Indians Kill Their Point of Contact With the Outside World? Authorities are scrambling to establish security in a remote Amazonian frontier region following recent attacks by...
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Live presentations have been a part of National Geographic since the Society’s inception in the 19th century, allowing people to embark for an evening on expeditions to the far reaches of the world...
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Uncontacted Group Kills Two Natives in Ecuador
Reprisals, “forced contact” campaign feared after attack in Yasuní National Park Native officials and conservationists fear possible reprisals in eastern Ecuador following an attack by uncontacted...
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The moving story of an uncontacted Amazonian Indian on the run in the rainforest
Karapiru His name means “Hawk” in his language. Yet even with the acuity of vision the moniker suggests, Karapiru could not have foreseen thetragedy that befell his people, the Awá tribe of...
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Uncontacted Indians of Acre State, Brazil
Gleison Miranda/FUNAI ‘In the forest, we see with our ears,’ says José Carlos Meirelles, an expert on Brazil’s last uncontacted tribes. During his recent expeditions into the remote rainforest of...
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