Comments on: Lost tribe, not so lost

By: The Motivation Behind the Uncontacted Amazon Indians « Anthropology.net

The Motivation Behind the Uncontacted Amazon Indians « Anthropology.net — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:33:04 +0000

[...] the ‘uncontacted’ people from the Brazilian-Peruvian Border? Well a couple weeks ago, Simon from HENRY, shared link that I think some of you maybe interested in. The link I speak of is this news piece, [...]

By: Simon Greenhill

Simon Greenhill — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:39:30 +0000

Hi Matt, and thanks for the comment and clarifications. I disagree – when that story came out, all the news reports were hyping the “lost” aspect of it, regardless of how “lost” they actually were.

I am glad that this correction has come out – the new details are actually far more interesting.

Thanks,
Simon

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:59:29 +0000

It was never said that the tribe was ‘lost’, especially as they live within a reserve dedicated to the protection of vulnerable, isolated tribes.

The tribe was and remains ‘uncontacted’: no outsider has been known to have any peaceful contact with its members. This is true of about 100 tribes worldwide.

Since the photographs were released, Peru has acknowledged the lands of uncontacted tribes on its side of the border, and sent a team to investigate the illegal logging that threatens their survival.

Find out more about the world’s uncontacted tribes at http://www.survival-international.org/uncontactedtribes and read Survival’s original article at http://www.survival-international.org/news/3340