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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.
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 ...
Pages in category "Indigenous peoples of the Amazon" The following 136 pages are in this category, out of 136 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 ...
In 1988 the US-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) funded the musical Yanomamo, by Peter Rose and Anne Conlon, to convey what is happening to the people and their natural environment in the Amazon rainforest. [66] It tells of Yanomami tribesmen/tribeswomen living in the Amazon and has been performed by many drama groups around the world. [67]
Opponents fear that mining will expose the tribe to harmful pollution and hurt tribal unity, while supoorters think it will raise their standard of living. The project, expected to soon break ...
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
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 ...