Thursday, May 29, 2008

Rare Uncontacted Tribe is... Contacted?

Interesting article from Reuters discussing a recent sighting of a Brazilian tribe who had never come into contact with outside civilization. I assume they figured out that this tribe was "uncontacted" when they prepared to shoot arrows at their plane. There are now 100, I mean 99 uncontacted tribes left. The article goes on to say "The world needs to wake up to this, and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with international law." Wow, there's a thought! Protecting an indigenous people's land?! The article can be found here.

















Picture from Reuters

2 comments:

Multicultural Friends said...

That picture is incredible...maybe they thought the plane was wayneabooju?

Multicultural Friends said...

There is a halfway decent movie that runs along the lines of this story. It is called 'End of the Spear'. Check it out next time your at your local video rental spot.