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New photos of Uncontacted Brazilian tribe Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Google Video on Indigenous People of Brazil "Tribes" of Brazil; Children of the Amazon, a documentary on Indigenous people in Brazil; Scientists find Evidence Discrediting Theory Amazon was Virtually Unlivable by The Washington Post
The Pirahã (Portuguese pronunciation: [piɾaˈhɐ̃]) [a] are an indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. They are the sole surviving subgroup of the Mura people, and are hunter-gatherers. They live mainly on the banks of the Maici River in Humaitá and Manicoré in the state of Amazonas.
A few tribes were assimilated into the Brazilian population. In 2007, FUNAI reported that it had confirmed the presence of 67 different uncontacted tribes in Brazil, an increase from 40 in 2005. With this addition Brazil has now surpassed New Guinea as the country having the largest number of uncontacted peoples.
The Flecheiros live in the far west of Brazil, in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, an area covering 83,000 square kilometres (32,000 sq mi).Access to the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory is limited by the government of Brazil to protect the indigenous groups inhabiting the area and the environment on which they depend for their traditional lifeways from exploitation by loggers ...
They were formerly called the Kreen-Akrore.Other names for the Panará include Kreen Akarore, Kren Akarore, [2] Krenhakarore, Krenhakore, Krenakore, Krenakarore or Krenacarore, and "Índios Gigantes" ("Giant Indians") – all variants of the Mẽbêngôkre name Krã jàkàràre [ˈkɾʌ̃ jʌˈkʌɾʌɾɛ], meaning "roundlike cuthead", a reference to their traditional hair style which ...
At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest reverberates. Until recently, the Juma people seemed destined to disappear like countless other Amazon tribes decimated by ...
It's estimated about 77 isolated tribes willingly live in deep within the Brazilian Amazon - the most in the world, according to Survival International. These indigenous are typically very healthy ...
In 1961, British explorer Richard Mason was killed by an uncontacted Amazonian tribe, the Panará. [16] The Panará lived in relative isolation until 1973 when the government project (Cuiabá-Santarém) road BR-163 was built through their territory. As a result, the tribe suffered newly introduced diseases and environmental degradation of their ...