Uncontacted_peoples

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Uncontacted peoples Uncontacted peoples Uncontacted peoples are peoples who, either by choice or chance, live, or have lived, without significant contact with the connected civilizations of the world. Recent usage favors the term "isolated" rather than "uncontacted" as few peoples have remained totally uncontacted by modern civilization, but a number have chosen to make contact either exceedingly difficult or dangerous. Many indigenous rights activists call for such groups to be left alone in respect of their right to self-determination. A problem with making contact with isolated peoples is that they lack any immunity to common diseases which explorers, trying to make contact with them, will inevitably carry. This can have severe consequences as normally minor diseases, such as the chicken pox, can be deadly when no natural immunity exists.[1] the Tasaday. However, the authenticity of the Tasaday as a formerly uncontacted group is questionable.[3] The Ruc people, when first "discovered" by North Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War were still hunting-gathering tribes, dwelling in caves of eastern Quang Binh province. Since then, many attempts were made to relocate and settle them down. [4] Australia In 1984, a group of Pintupi people who were living a traditional hunter-gatherer desertdwelling life were tracked down in the Gibson Desert in Western Australia and made contact for the first time with European-Australian society. They are believed to be the last uncontacted tribe in Australia.[5] Asia Large areas of New Guinea are yet to be explored by scientists and anthropologists due to a lack of safety. Most of the occurrences there are not confirmed. The province of Irian Jaya or West Papua in the island of New Guinea is home to an estimated 44 uncontacted tribal groups.[2] In India, two tribes of the Andaman Islands have sought to avoid contact with the outside world; one of them, the Sentinelese, continue to actively and violently reject it. They live on North Sentinel island, a small and remote island which lies to the west of the southern part of South Andaman Island. They are thought to number around 250 (median estimate). Another Andamanese tribe, the Jarawa live on the mainland. They did reject all contact until recently but following the completion of a trunk road traversing their territory in 1997, some of them have begun emerging from the forest begging for food. They are thought to number 300 persons.There are also reports of isolated tribes in the eastern Indonesian islands. In the 1970s, an unknown tribe in the Philippines was supposedly discovered, known as North America Florida The Seminole Wars pushed the Florida’s Native Americans farther south and directly into the Everglades swamps. Between the end of the last Seminole War and 1930, the Seminole tribe lived isolated from Florida society and the rest of the world.[6] California Ishi is believed to be the last Native American in Northern California to have lived the bulk of his life completely outside the European American culture. In August 1911, he emerged from the wild near Oroville, California, leaving his ancestral homeland in the foothills near Lassen Peak.[7] Mexico The Lacandon were the last isolated peoples in North America, having been contacted only in 1924. 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Name Sinabo/ Kapuibo (Nahua) Yanaigua Pop Location (Est) <200 Between Lower Beni and Lower Yata 100 - Between the Rio Grande 200 and Upper San Miguel Commentary Uncontacted peoples • Pano. Related to the Chakobo. • Some sources question their existence. • Pano according to some, more likely Tupi-Guarani related to the Yuqui. • Mainly hunter-gatherers. • They live on the Guarayos forest reserve. • Tupi-Guarani. • Small uncontacted group of Yuqui. Mainly hunter-gatherers. • They live in the Amboro national park. • TI Igarapé Omerê in Rondônia - Kanoe do Omerê & Akuntsu • TI Rio Muqui in Rondônia - Isolados das cabeceiras do rio Muqui (Given as Miqueleno-Kujubim in the table). • TI Rio Pardo in Mato Grosso and Amazonas - Isolados do Rio Pardo (TupiGuarani-Kawahibi). • TI Xinane isolados in Acre - Unidentified. Uncontacted groups living in other people’s TIs are: • TI Awá in Maranhão - Awá. • TI Avá Canoeiro in Goiás - Avá Canoeiro. • TI Arara do Rio Branco in Mato Grosso Isolados da margem esquerda do médio Rio Roosevelt/Rio Branco. • PI Aripuanã in Rondônia - Isolados da margem esquerda do médio Rio Aripuanã, Isolados do Río Pacutinga/Aripuanã, Isolados do Médio Rio Branco do Aripuanã. • TI Bujiwa in Amazonas. • TI Caru in Maranhão- Awá (Isolados do igarapé Água Branca). • TI Kampa e Isolados do Rio Envira in Acre - Isolados do rio Envira. • TI Kaxinawa do Rio Humaitá in Acre Unidentified. • TI Koatinemo in Pará - Unidentified. • TI Menkragnoti in Pará - Mengra Mrari. • TI Raposa Serra do Sol in Roraima Unidentified, Discovered in 2006. Near Monte Roraima and Monte Caburaí (2 to 4 km from Brazil-Venezuela-Guyana trijunction). • TI Mamoadate in Acre - Mashko (Isolados do Alto Iaco). Yuqui 100 Between Upper Ichilo and Upper Yapacani South America On 18 January 2007, FUNAI reported that it had confirmed the presence of 67 different uncontacted tribes in Brazil, up from 40 in 2005.[8] With this addition Brazil has now overtaken the island of New Guinea as the country having the largest number of uncontacted tribes. Bolivia As of 2006, the presence of 5 uncontacted groups was confirmed in Bolivia. A further 3 are to be confirmed. Those uncontacted groups whose presence has been confirmed are: Ayoreo in Parque Nacional Kaa Iya Mbya-Yuqui in Yuqui Reservation and Rio Usurinta (most of the Yuqui are now contacted, only a few families remain uncontacted), Yurakare in Santa Cruz and Beni, Pacahuara in the Chacobo reservation and Araona in the Araona Reservation. The presence of other groups such as Toromona in the Parque Nacional Madidi, Nahua in the PN Madidi and Esse Ejja in the Peruvian border are yet to be confirmed. Brazil Brazil is the country with the largest number of uncontacted groups in the world. The seven Terras Indígenas (Reservations) exclusively reserved for isolated people are: • TI Alto Tarauacá in Acre - Various tribes. (Isolados do Alto Tarauacá) • TI Hi-Merimã in Amazonas - Himerimã. (Isolados do médio Purus) • TI Massaco in Rondônia - Sirionó (Isolados do rio São Simão) 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • TI Jaminahua-Envira - Isolados das cabeceiras do rio Jaminaua. (Part of Papavo) • TI Riozinho do Alto Envira in Acre Isolados do Riozinho/Envira. (Part of Papavo) • TI Rio Teá in Amazonas - Four bands of Nadeb(???): Cabeceira dos rios Waranaçu e Gururu, Médio rio Tiquié, Cabeceiras dos rios Curicuriari e Dji and Cabeceiras do rio Teá. Two more bands nearby in Eneiuxi (Médio rio Eneiuxi) and Urubaxi (Cabeceira do rio Urubaxi e Bafuanã) are possibly Nedeb (Given as Nadeb in the table). • PI Tumucumaque in Pará - Akurio. • TI Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau in Rondônia - 4 to 6 groups of isolated people, Including Isolados das cabeceiras do rio Muqui, Isolados do rio Cautário, Cabeceiras do rio Água Branca and Jururei. • TI Vale do Javari in Amazonas - 7 groups of isolated people: Cabeceiras de Santana e igarapé Flexeira, Korubo, Isolados do Coari-Río Branco, Isolados do rio Quixito, Isolados do Rio Jandiatuba, Isolados do Rio Jutaí e Isolados dos rios Jaquirana/ Amburus. • TI Waimiri Atroari in Amazonas Formadores do rio Alalaú (Piriutiti) & Formadores do rio Jatapu (Karafawyana or Chamakoto). • TI Xikrin do Cateté in Pará • TI Araribóia in Mato Grosso - Isolados dos rios Buriticupu e Taruparu. • TI Cuminapanema - Zo’é. • TI Tanaru - Only one individual, the "Tanaru Isolated Indian." Remaining members of the tribe massacred. Uncontacted peoples when a member of Tagaeri was contacted by a lone Huaorani hunter, he told him that Tagaeri numbers only a handful of members and are in danger of being wiped out by their hostile neighbours - the Taromenane. Since then there have been no more peaceful contacts. The Tagaeri hunter also mentioned about another group, the Oñamenane who numbered 5-6 individuals and there was one more tribe - the Huiñatare. In 2003 about 30 Taromenane were massacred by the Huaorani in retaliation for the killing of a Huaorani hunter. In the same year 14 Tagaeri were killed by loggers. In April 2006 a logger was speared to death by the Taromenane (in 2005 another one was also killed by the same tribe, whose body was later found embedded with 30 spears and his face unrecognizable). In the same month a further 30 Taromenane and 10 loggers were killed in conflicts according to leader Iki Ima Omene (of Huaorani). In Jan 2007 the president of Ecuador declared the Southern part of Yasuni a forbidden zone (7,580 square kilometers) in order to protect the uncontacted people. At the same time CONAIE reported that there are a total of 150-300 Taromenane (divided into 2 sub-tribes) and 20-30 Tagaeri surviving uncontacted there. The Oñamenane and Huiñatare are extinct. There are unconfirmed reports of uncontacted tribespeople in the border with Peru. Despite the good news, Ecuador continues to be the country with the largest number of uncontacted people massacred since 2000. Guyana French Guiana Peru There are now five reserves in the Peruvian Amazon meant to protect the lands and rights of isolated peoples. Most of the reserves are currently entered by illegal loggers and petroleum companies with legal concessions to work in those lands, although their activities jeopardize the lives of the isolated populations. After Brazil (43 uncontacted groups confirmed) and New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Iriyan Jaya), Peru has the largest number of uncontacted tribes in the world. Some of the groups in Peru are in danger of extermination by loggers. As of 2006, the locations Colombia Despite ongoing paramilitary conflict in Colombia, it is the country which offers the maximum protection for isolated groups. Carabayo-Aroje is the most important group, living in the Parque Nacional del Rio Pure. It is not known whether any Yari survives now. Nukaak Maku were contacted in 2003 and 65% of the tribal members died of disease. Around 2-3 dozen Nukaak still remain isolated. Ecuador It is not known whether any Tagaeri survives now in Yasuni National Park. In the 1990s 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Name Apiaká Pop (Est) >100 Location Mato Grosso Between Lower Juruena and Lower Teles Pires Amazonas - Upper rio Sepatini Rondônia Commentary Uncontacted peoples • Tupi-Guarani. • Isolated Apiaká group. • Were massacred some time ago. Arawak. • Tupi-Mondé • Between the rios Mequens and Colorado • Living over both the Rio Branco I.T. and the Guaporé B.R. • Rio São Miguel • Outside reserves. • Area invaded by loggers. • Frequent fighting. • Tupi-Guarani. • Small groups of highly mobile huntergatherers. • Tupi-Guarani. • Small groups of highly mobile huntergatherers (even after contact). • They have their own I.T. but also move in and out of several other reserves. Apurinã Aruá >50 75 at most Ava-Canoeiros 30 Goiás - Sources of the Tocantins Guaja 120 Maranhão - Scattered [already throughout the westcounted ern part of the state among the known group] ~100 Ingarune North Pará - Rio Cu• Karib. minapanema and Paru • Related to the Kachuyana. de Oeste • Existence confirmed by the Poturuyar (recently contacted Tupi-Guarani). They live within the latter’s I.T. Rio Quixito, Javari Basin, Amazonas 9 malocas in Between Lower Ituí and Lower Itacuaí, Amazonas Probably Pano. • Several unsuccessful official contacts. • Occasional contacts with loggers. Pano. • Occasional contacts. • Hostile. Kanibo (Mayo) 120 to 150 300 Kaniwa (Korubo) Karafawyana and other isolated Carib tribes. 400 to 500 Four locations in RoMostly Cariban. raima and north Pará. • (1) Karib, Parukoto-Charuma sub-group. • (1) Source of the • (2) Related to the Waiwai. Jatapu. • (3) Some individuals visit Waiwai • (2) Rio Urucurina, communities without warning the tributary of the authorities. This is how they obtain their Mapuera. metal tools. • (3) Rio Kafuini, • (4) Partly in the Trombetas-Mapuera I.T. tributary of the Trombetas. • (4) Upper Turuna, tributary of the Trombetas. 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karitiana Katawixi 50 - 100 Upper Rio Candeias, Rondônia. 50 Uncontacted peoples Tupi-Arikem. Identified by the small group that has been contacted. Upper Rio Muquim, Isolated language. One community only has tributary of the Purus, been located. Amazonas. Lower Rio Liberdade, Gé. Identified by other Kayapó towards northern Mato Grosso. whom they are hostile. Lower Rio Curuá, South Pará. Rio Murure, South Pará. Lower Rio Guajara, South Pará. Rio Curuça, tributary of the Javari, Amazonas. Uneiuxi and Urubaxi Basins, Amazonas. Kayapó. Group which has broken away from the Mekragnoti since 1940. Outside Kayapó I.T. Kayapó. Group which has broken away from the Kuben-kranken since 1950. Partly outside Kayapó I.T. Kayapó. Group which has broken away from the Kararao. Struggles are part of their traditions. Arawak. Small isolate communities belonging to the big Kulina group. Isolated language. Isolated elements of Maku groups that have already been contacted. Hunter-gatherers. Isolated language. Isolated group of Nambikwara. A no-entry zone was allocated and then cancelled under local pressure. Recently massacred. Arawak(?). Were massacred in 1986. Their area has recently been declared protected. Kayapó do Rio Liberdade Kayapó-Pu’ro >100 100 Kayapó-Pituiaro 200 Kayapó-Kararao ~50 Kulina ? Maku (Nadeb) ~100 Mamaindé 50 - 100 Upper Rio Corumbiara, Rondônia. Hi-Merimã 1,500 Riozinho, tributary of the Cuniuã, Purus Basin, Amazonas. Mayoruna 200 to 300 3 locations in Pano. Small isolated communities of the Amazonas: large Mayoruna group. 1. Rio Batã, source of the Javari. 2. Rio Pardo. 3. Between the Pardo and middle Javari. Upper Rio São Miguel, Isolated Chapakura language. Area invaded Rondônia by loggers. Recently massacred. Rio Panama, headwaters of Paru do Oeste, North Pará. Serra dos Pacaás Novos, Rondônia. • (2) Source of the Rio Formoso, Rondônia. Karib. Perhaps more closely related to the Kachuyana than to the Tiriyo. Isolated Chapakura language. Isolated groups belonging to the major Pacaás Novos group. Included in the Uru-eu-wau-wau I.T. • (2) Neighbouring one of the Pacaás Novos I.T. Miqueleno (Cujubi) Nereyana ? ~100 Pacaás Novos • (2) Oromawin sugroup ~150 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Papavo Supergroup, which includes: 1. Mashco/ Harakmbet 2. Culina 3. Amahuaca 4. Yawanahua >400 Acre (Scattered over a single large territory) • (1) Rio Breu, headwaters of the Upper Jurua. • (2,3,4) Between the sources of the Envira and the Muru, and Igarapé Xinané, tributary of the Purus, overflowing into Peru. Uncontacted peoples Many isolated communities belonging to 4 distinct groups. Struggling is part of their traditions: reciprocal hostile contacts with the Kampa (whom they plunder), and peaceful ones with the Kulina; they plunder the loggers’ encampments. • (1) Isolated language - On the extractivist reserve of Alto Jurua. • (2,3,4)-(2) Arawakan, (3,4) Panoan - Two I.T. have been set up for them. Pariuaia >100 Rio Bararati, tributary Probably Tupi-Kawahib, Tupi-Guarani. of the Lower Juruena, Have refused all contact since 1930. Amazonas. Rio Curiau, Amazonas. Related to the Waimiri-Atroari (Karib). Some live in, others outside, the latter’s I.T. Rio Parauari, tributary Tupi. Communities that split away from the of the Maués-açu, Sateré-Maué a long time ago. Amazonas. Between the Madeirinha and Roosevelt rivers, northern Mato Grosso. Serra dos PakaásNovas, Rondônia. Tupi-Guarani. A no-entry zone has just been allocated for them. Piriutiti 100 to 200 ? Sateré Tupi-Kawahib (Piripicura) 200 to 300 Uru-Eu-WauWau 300 Tupi-Guarani. There remain over 3 uncontacted groups. Several hostile encounters with gold-seekers and loggers. All are included in the vast Uru-eu-wau-wau I.T. Tupi-Guarani. Group which formerly broke away from the Southern Wayãpi. Wayãpi (Yawãpi) 100 to 150 Upper Ipitinga, between the Jari and the Paru do Leste, northern Pará. Yakarawakta 20 - 30 Between the Rios Tupi-Guarani. Probably an Apiaka subAripuanã and Juruena, group. Mato Grosso Norte. Amazonas • (1) Upper Marauia • (2) Between the Demini and the Catrimani Between the Upper Amapari and Upper Oiapoque, Amapa. Yanomami. • (1) Within the I.T. • (2) Isolated communities ; probably outside the I.T., but within the Rio Branco National Park. Unspecified linguistic family. According to the Southern Wayãpi, a group that formerly broke away from them. According to the Northern Wayãpi, one of their former enemy groups, the Tapüiy. Maybe a Katukina group. Yanomami 300 name unknown ~100 name unknown 300 (Isolados do Jandiatuba) Between the Upper Jandiatuba and the Itacuaí, Amazonas. 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia name unknown 300 (Isolados do São José) name unknown ? Uncontacted peoples Igarapé São José, trib- Seems to be a group distinct from Isolados utary of the Itacuaí, do Jandiatuba. Amazonas. Igarapé Recreio, Panoan(?) Cruzeiro do Sul municipality, Upper Juruá, Acre. Igarapé Tueré, tribu- Tupi(?) tary of the Itacaiúnas, Pará. South of Rio Inauini, Purus Basin, Amazonas. Igarapé Umari, tributary of the Ituxi, Amazonas. Serra do Taquaral, source of the Rio Branco, Rondônia. ? name unknown ? (Isolados do Igarapé Tueré) name unknown ~100 (Isolados do Arama e Inaui) name unknown ? (Isolados do Igarapé Umari) name unknown ? (Isolados da Serra do Taquaral) Name ? ? Pop Location (Est) Amazonas Source of the Purué River, north of the Putumayo River Guainia - Between the Guaviare River and the Inírida River Commentary • • • • • • • • Isolated language. Thought to be Maku, but more likely Yuri. Overstepping the Brazilian border. Hostile. Isolated language. Isolated Maku. Small mobile groups of hunter-gatherers. Recently contacted. Now about 50 remain uncontacted. Population fell from 800 to 300 in just one year. Contacted group under siege from FARC and New Tribes Mission and living in refugee camps. Karabayo 150 Guaviare Macusa (Now Nukaak Maku) 300 name un- ? known (Isolados dos Rio Yari) Name Caqueta - Upper Rio Yari • Karib or isolated language? • Karijona or Witoto sub-group. • Live in the Chiribiquete national park. Pop Location (Est) Commentary Huaorani 100 - Oriente - Between the Upper • Isolated language. 200 Napo and Upper Curaray • Segment hostile to the Waorani. Threatened by the advancing front of oil prospection. where uncontacted groups are confirmed to be living are as follows: • (a) Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri: Groups are Yine, Yora and other unidentified Panoan tribes. • (b) Zona Reservada Biabo Cordillera Azul: Cacatibo. • (c) Parque Nacional del Manu: MashcoPiro, uncontacted bands of Matsiguenga, 7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Name Pop Location (Est) Between the sources of the Essequibo River and the Tacutu River; Serra Acarai Uncontacted peoples Commentary • Arawak. • Isolated segment of the Wapishana group. • They refuse all contact. • Karib. • Maybe related to the Tiriyo. Wapishana 100 name unknown ~100 Between the Upper Courantyne and the New River Name Pop Location (Est) Wayãpi 100 Between the Eureupoucine and the Upper Camopi Commentary • Tupi-Guarani. • Group that broke away from the Wayãpi of Upper Oyapock around 1900. • They refuse all contact. Name Morunahua Pop (Est) 150 Location Commentary This group is probably to be related to the group that used to be called Papavo in Brazil. Pano. They live in the Manu national park. Pano. Commentary • Karib. • Last uncontacted segment of Akulio. • They refuse all contact. Parquenahua 200 Pisabo 200 Name Pop Location (Est) Akulio 50 Watershed between Suriname and Brazil. Between the sources of the Itani and the Jari • • • • • • • tribes belonging to Yura family and unidentified tribes. (d) Reserva Comunal Asháninka+Reserva Comunal Matsiguenga+Parque Nacional Otishi: uncontacted bands of Ashaninka. (e) Parque Nacional Alto Purús + Reserva Comunal Purús: Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Chitonahua, Curajeño & Mashco-PiroIñapari. (f) Reserva Territorial del Estado: Kungapakori, Nahua, Matsiguenga, Nanti, Krineri and other unidentified tribes. (g) Reserva Territorial del Murunahua y Chitonahua: Murunahua, Chitonahua. (h) Reserva Territorial del Isconahua: Isconahua. (i) Reserva Territorial del Mashco-Piro: Various tribes belonging to Mashco-Piro. (j) Reserva Territorial del Mashco-Piro o Iñapari: Mashco-Piro-Iñapari. • (k)Reservas territoriales del Cacataibo: Cacataibo. Suriname Venezuela Paraguay There remain perhaps as many as 300 Totobiegosode who have not been contacted; they belong to the Ayoreo ethnicity, which numbers around 2,000. In the 1990s the main group attempting to contact them was New Tribes Mission. In 1979 and 1986, the New Tribes Mission was accused of assisting in the forcible contact of nomadic Ayoreo Indians, whose unsuccessful attempts to remain in the forest led to several deaths. Others died soon after being brought out of the forest. The incident forced some Ayoreo to 8 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Name Pop (Est) Location Commentary Uncontacted peoples Yanomami 300 - 400 (already included in the total for Yanomami populations) Amazonas • Communities in contact with other known - Upper segments of the ethnic group, but they Siapa refuse all contact with the outside. • They live in the Parima Tapirapecó National Park. Dogmen and its 1995 film adaptation tell the story of a group of uncontacted Cheyenne discovered living in a remote part of Montana. In the 1991 film At Play in the Fields of the Lord (based on the novel of the same name), an American pilot parachutes from an airplane into the Amazon where he encounters and lives with a previously uncontacted tribe. The 1985 film The Emerald Forest features a Western boy kidnapped by a previously uncontacted Amazonian tribe called the "Invisible People". The 1980 film The Gods Must Be Crazy dealt with a fictitious uncontacted tribe in South Africa. The tribe enjoy idyllic lives until they are set into chaos simply by contact with an object (a Coca-Cola bottle) from modern society. One of the tribe’s elders (played by a !Kung man) sets out to throw the bottle off the "edge of the earth" to save his tribe. flee to Bolivia. The main threat currently are the ranchers. In 2004 a group of 17 AyoreoTotobiegosode previously uncontacted made contact with the outside world and decided to settle down (5 men, 7 women and 5 children, according to Survival). It was not known whether there were any more isolated Ayoreo left in the jungle. But in the first week of September 2007, another uncontacted band of Ayoreo-Totobiegosode were spotted by loggers in the Western Chaco. Ayoreo are believed to be the last uncontacted Indians south of the Amazon basin.[9] In 2008, a Paraguayan ruling blocked a Brazilian company from clearing Totobiegosode to make room for cattle ranches.[10][11] Africa Popular culture Uncontacted tribes remain a fascination in Western culture. Recently, the idea of tour operators offering extreme adventure tours to specifically search out uncontacted peoples has become a controversial subject [12]. A BBC Four documentary in 2006 documented a controversial American tour operator who specializes in escorted tours to "discover" uncontacted peoples in West Papua [13] similar to the BBC’s own adventure in Papua New Guinea to make their 1971 documentary A Blank on the Map in which the first contact in over a decade was made with the Biami people. Uncontacted tribes have also emerged in works of literature and film. One of them was The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle released in 1912. It depicts early human hominids in the jungle of South America. Inspired by it, a Russian novel written in 1924, Sannikov Land, describes an island off the Siberian coast populated by an isolated Siberian tribe of Onkilon (another name for non-fictional Yuit thought to be extinct at the time), followed in 1973 by a Soviet movie The Sannikov Land. The 1965 novel Last of the See also • Indigenous peoples • Indigenous peoples of the Americas • List of ethnic groups References [1] Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil [2] BBC: First contact with isolated tribes? [3] A Savage Hoax: The Cave Men Who Never Existed, LiveScience [4] Chut people in famine, Vietnamnet [5] Colliding worlds: first contact in the western desert, 1932-1984 [6] Seminole Tribe of Florida: History [7] Ishi: The Last Yahi [8] Brazil sees traces of more isolated Amazon tribes [9] Signs of uncontacted Indians seen as forest is cleared around them [10] Legal battle over forest is victory for Paraguayan Indians [11] ’Protect Uncontacted Tribe’s Land!’ [12] You’re a 21st-century adventure tourist bored with whitewater 9 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [13] First Contact (BBC4 Anthropology Season) - Part 1 of 6 Uncontacted peoples • World Rainforest Movement Bulletin 87, October 2004: Indigenous People in Voluntary Isolation (10/28/04) • Uncontacted: A Field Study • Andamanese and other Negrito people • Aljazeera English. (2008) (streamed video). Uncontacted tribe filmed on BrazilPeru border — 30 May 08. [News]. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=E_1GhIjn8fY. External links • Turning a Blind Eye in Seed (magazine) • Survival International • Uncontacted Indian tribe found in Brazil’s Amazon Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples" Categories: Indigenous peoples This page was last modified on 17 May 2009, at 23:48 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 10