An isolated indigenous tribe in the Amazon Rainforest has made its first contact with mainstream society, according to the Brazilian government’s Indian affairs department, FUNAI.

But some fear the peaceful encounter with Brazilian government scientists in Acre State near the Peruvian border late last month could be a dangerous development for the uncontacted people, who are said to be extremely vulnerable to illnesses like the common cold.

The journal Science reported that the June 29 encounter was reportedly the government’s first with an uncontacted tribe since 1996.

After sightings last month, Brazil’s Indian Affairs warned that the uncontacted tribe could face risk of “tragedy” and “death,” according to Survival International, an advocacy group for indigenous tribes that has called on the Peruvian government to crack down on illegal deforestation that is believed to have caused the uncontacted peoples to flee.

The group is said to imitate animals as a way of expressing emotion — the sound of a jaguar for anger, a wild pig when scared — according to a Survival International interview with José Carlos Meirelles, an advisor to the Brazilian government who is one of the few to know anything about the reclusive group.

In 2011, Mr. Meirelles and the BBC shot video and photographs of an uncontacted tribe in the same region as last month’s encounter, though it was not clear whether it was the same tribe.

The shots were heralded as proof of the existence of uncontaced peoples amid accusations that reports of the tribes were no different than Scotland’s Loch Ness monster. Denials of uncontacted people have long been perpetuated by those with logging interests in the region, Ms. Eede wrote.

According to FUNAI, at least 77 isolated groups are believed to be living in the Amazon.

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hmm they should have left these people to leave their natural lives in peace the way they were....

how do we xplain dis

ajibolabd: how do we xplain dis

There are a lot of tribes that haven't made contact with the modern world. They prefer to stay that way.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples

Smartsyn: hmm they should have left these people to leave their natural lives in peace the way they were....

very soon the invaders will flood there, to search and exploit their mineral resources, inject toxic religious doctrines into their brain, and they will start killing each other.

Scyllapatron:

very soon the invaders will flood there, to search and exploit their mineral resources, inject toxic religious doctrines into their brain, and they will start killing each other.

spot on!

All in the name of civilization and ' modern ' world.

Scyllapatron:

very soon the invaders will flood there, to search and exploit their mineral resources, inject toxic religious doctrines into their brain, and they will start killing each other.

So true. Not to mention the diseases they will contact because their bodies are not used to it.

Scyllapatron:

very soon the invaders will flood there, to search and exploit their mineral resources, inject toxic religious doctrines into their brain, and they will start killing each other.

Gbam

In this world?