...Someone else dropped it, they picked it up?

In any case, it seems very unlikely their tribe has communicated with modern people to any meaningful extent. As with the uncontacted Sentinelese people, they would probably greet unknown persons with suspicion and violence...or simply run away in fear.

There are still a small handful of these native tribes that have not had contact with modern civilization. The items you mention, which I can not tell for certain is what the objects are, could have been left behind by people exploring the area and found later by the natives. Modern man is not known for respectng the environment and leaves litter every where he goes as evidence he has been there. It is amazing in this day and age that these tribes still exist. Unfortunately I think their days are numbered as civilization encroaches on the last areas of unexplored/undeveloped land on the planet.

As others have mentioned, they might have found a bowl left by others. But why underestimate them? Is an uncontacted tribe utterly incapable of making a round, white bowl?

they traded with other natives for it, they have had no contact with non natives. everyone uses steel. stone age ended in the americas 400 years ago. look at those wonderful baskets, bows, long arrows, amazing.

Absolute BS that photo has been around for years...take some responsibility for what you print

I see what appears to be a white pot with a broken handle and the blade of a broken machete, both probably found in a trash pile or obtained by trading with other natives. They are obviously not in frequent contact with "modern civilization" because they do not have other souveniers from such contact. Regardless, why do you object to the "spin" so venomously? These are native peoples living an ancient lifestyle. No culture has benefitted from interaction with western civilization, and we should allow them the room to live their lives. If that takes "spin', I say "so be it".

Hey TB Special Forces Dont go in and just murder people -------We win hearts and minds --------------- You must be a liberal lololol

The native walking through the garden with his hand to his ear... Is that a cellphone?

Likely the greatest danger to this tribe is exposure to foreign diseases. This is what wiped out the majority of indigenous nations in the Americas.

Slow news day. This story is not new, just recycled. This was first published a year or more ago.

TBAustin why don't you click on the "click here" tab. It explains all there is to know about the tribe and the items in the picture. I'm sure Joe did, that's why he can explain about the trading. It's understandable that they would be uncontacted by modern man yet not unaffected.

Afgan vet

Hey TB Special Forces Dont go in and just murder people -------We win hearts and minds --------------- You must be a liberal

Maybe in the new Military, but back a few years when our SEAL teams where training Afghans to fight the Russians, wining the hearts and minds meant - two to the chest and one to the head. Sad, now the biggest thing going for the military is sensitivity training.

I saw a TV program on these "uncontacted" tribes on National Geographic, I think. Regardless of whether the photos in question are real or fake (as some said they've been proven), the more "civilized" Amazonian people have said these primitive tribes tend to steal from them, which could explain why they would have things that they can't make.

In any case, the story associated with these photos is OLD news, yet the first word in this article is "new."

Will these people be properly compensated for their pictoral appearances to the modern world?

Well, "new" is a relative term. Considering the many centuries that our civilization has been around, these pictures are quite new, even if they were taken several years ago. Read the article here:

http://www.uncontactedtribes.org/brazilphotos

It says that the pictures were taken by Brazil’s Indian Affairs Department. Farther down, it says that the Brazilian authorities have been monitoring this tribe for years. So...nowhere does it say that the pictures were taken last week. So, even if you did see them in a blog post a few years ago, that does not mean it's wrong or that the pictures were faked.

Jay-2385797

Slow news day. This story is not new, just recycled. This was first published a year or more ago.

And I seem to remember it being a hoax, I guess even news professionals fall victim to Internet hoaxes.

I have been involved in the Internet since 1991 and I'm firmly convinced 90% of what I read on the net is BS. Those email forwards are the worst offenders.

www.snopes.com is a nice place to fact check.

This story isn't supposed to be about the "discovery" of a new tribe. It is just a story (and a short one at that) about efforts to protect these uncontacted peoples. And yes, the story of these people is not new. It was published a few years ago. But even then the tribe was known about for a long time. The pictures of these people pointing spears and shooting arrows at planes is simply evocative and that is why it spread through the media as it did.

When they say the tribe is uncontacted, they don't mean that they have never had contact. They mean that there has been no meaningful contact or official contact. These tribes do trade with other tribes in the area, though they may be fiercely territorial at times. Many of the tribes they occasionally trade with do have contact with the outside world. This is how some objects and goods from outside can find their way into these people's hands. And of course, they may find things that others leave in the jungle.

Common Sense - Sometimes snopes.com lies, and tells false stories.

PGH

Common Sense - Sometimes snopes.com lies, and tells false stories.

I guess since I said 90% of whats said on the net is BS, which one of us is the BS or statically we both could be BS.

Or maybe this is the BS post...

I searched snopes for "Amazon", "Uncontacted tribe", "Amazonian tribe", Uncontacted Amazonian tribe", found nothing.

Fairly certain this is the real deal, especially since this was also featured on a number of Nat Geo specials and the Amazon is full of tribes like this.

@beezlebub- where do you see a cell phone? Not everyone who is caught on camera with their hand raised is racking up minutes on a family plan.

This is Yahoo!'s retraction back in 2008.

I am from Brazil, and I can tell you for certain that there's no uncontacted tribes in the country. The fact alone that some of them have their privates covered is one reason. I just can't believe this has actually been published. Soon we will also see photos of people living in mars!!!

@beezlebub- where do you see a cell phone? Not everyone who is caught on camera with their hand raised is racking up minutes on a family plan.

I agree. It could easily be an MP3 player.

Send the US navy to give them democratie after testing new medecine on them god bless america !!

You are right on the money. the kid in the picture is holding machette and there is a metal pot on the ground!

Come on!!!! These are just vacation pics from Hawaii.

This came from the story;

"Survival International has a series of questions and answers about uncontacted tribes, which explains further their definition of 'uncontacted'."

I have noticed that, as of late, many things which appear as "Links" have been deleted from posts. In case it is deleted, between "Has" and "Which" insert "a series of questions and answers about uncontacted tribes".

WHO CARES THE POINT IS THAT THE LAND NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED NO MATTER WHAT!!!! If they continue to let destruction of the jungle go on there will be no more jungle or life that lives within it.

That's not a cell phone ya ditz, it's an Ipod, gardening can get quite boring out in the middle of a jungle.

JoJoBR I am from Brazil, and I can tell you for certain that there's no uncontacted tribes in the country. The fact alone that some of them have their privates covered is one reason.

JoJoBR, that makes no sense. Is there some reason why an uncontacted tribe would, necessarily, have to run around completely nude? Of course not.

You can't know for sure that there are no uncontacted tribes in a country that such a vast wilderness. Honestly folks, the story has been updated. The "hoax" theory has been debunked. The tribe is legit. Sheesh.

I think Beelezbub was attempting a jest. Diabolical, wot?

Posters are right about intertribal trading; the machete and cooking pot probably were obtained from another tribe. These enameled metal pots are sold in the market of every small town in Peru and Colombia and probably are common trade items.

I say if it's true Please Leave Them Alone, They don't need US.

Ellis

Dude, Natives is not the proper nomenclature...Savages please.

I don't know why some people think that we are so smart and so perfect that there could be people on this earth that WE don't even know about. I don't blame them for hiding, espacialy if they got word of how our world treat each other.

Likely the greatest danger to this tribe is exposure to foreign diseases. This is what wiped out the majority of indigenous nations in the Americas.

More like exposure to Christianity

Rhonda.....in ten thousand years when mankind is gone for good, the Earth will be covered over in dense vegetation. All the fluorocarbons will be gone from the earths atmosphere and deeply embedded into the earths surface, there will be an abundant layer of carbon fuel as left behind by our decayed carcasses. It may very well be by then animals will have survived to inhabit the earth and thrive in the newly unspoiled wealth of environment as per the demise of human beings. Therefore you have nothing to worry about!

i like to see this kind of trbes is verry interresting we can learn lots of thing from them.

Always always always hidden agendas. It's truly sad that we as a culture have to assume the deciept. Typical from the top down though. At least it is consistent. If there is one thing you can count on-it is knowing that we will never know the truth. This is the one steady fact.

I find it utterly disgusting that those whom have made such disparing remarks as said in the article

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The photos show large vegetable gardens where the tribe grow fruit and vegetables; manioc, maize, sweet potato, pumpkin, peanuts, papaya, and bananas can all be identified. They also plant cotton which is spun and woven for skirts. The men have cotton waist bands and some have small head dresses. The men carry bows and arrows for hunting.

Survival's Director Stephen Corry said 'The illegal loggers will destroy this tribe. It's vital that the Peruvian government stop them before time runs out. The people in these photos are self-evidently healthy and thriving. What they need from us is their territory protected, so that they can make their own choices about their future.' we need to leave these people alone how would you feel if some came into your town and demanded to set how you live and didn't our ancestors create tools.

I actually took the photographs and I verified with members of the tribe that they had never been contacted(they were still waiting). They wanted only the latest info on the Super Bowl. And, no, that is not a cell phone, moron. It is a walkie talkie. There is no cell phone service in the jungle.

The article says uncontacted, but I see the kid holding a knife or machette in the first picture. Someone's been there.

This tribe should be preached the gospel ! Praise Jesus and may the Gospel of are Lord be preached to the most remotest parts of the earth.

All of you should practice not speaking your mind.

In response to the comment on disease wiping out the indigenous tribes in America, one Jim D writes:

"More like Chrstianity"

Now maybe bigoted remarks like this make Jim D and his supporters think they are smart and clever, but they are profundly ignorant.

In fact the very opposite is true. The very impulse that he is attempting to portray, compassion, would otherwise not exist in his background. The rules of engagement without it are you get to keep what you can take. Christianity, and its Jewish roots, are all about attempting to soften and change hearts as far as is possible in a hostile world of violence and hatred.

A good example is Hawaii. After transportation changes brought contact with disease from Asia (leprosy) and Europe (smallpox) and after it brought in exploiters from the four corners of the earth, the Christian missionaries saved the Hawaiians. They would otherwise not exist. The New England missionaries sent doctors and teachers, and after their job was done, after 50 years, they went home. The wrote down the Hawaiian language and left behind one of the three most literate groups of people on the face of the earth (along with Scotlandd and new England).

Brian Williams says in the video that they haven't been contacted by anyone since 1910. So there has probably been at least a small amount of contact. But the current generation of this tribe probably knows very little about the people in the rest of the world. They most likely know there are other people in the world, but since 1910 they have been left alone to live their lives without the rest of us interfering. But even if there has been more contact between them and people outside their tribe than we're being told, that doesn't really matter. What matters here is that we try to make sure something is done about the illegal logging so that their lives aren't destroyed. We need to try to do what we can to help protect them, even if they know almost nothing about our efforts. The ideal outcome would be that the logging stops and they are able to continue living they way they have been without ever knowing the lengths we took to watch out for them.

It scares me to see people assume that the young child in that picture is holding a machete. You don't think it could possibly be something else?

And, chilimcfly1, no, the Gospel of our Lord does not need to be preached to them! They have been doing just fine without it all this time. And, if you know anything about God and Jesus, you must know that both God and Jesus have unconditional love for these people regardless of whether or not they know about the Bible that you read or they ways in which you choose to worship our Lord.

("Are" would be used when you're saying something like, "Are you going to town?" or "We are all God's children and, therefore, are all loved by him unconditionally." The word you meant to use is "our", as in "The Gospel of our Lord does bring joy and comfort to many people, but should not be forced on everyone. God placed each person in the families and cultures of His choosing and understands what experiences are best for the advancement of each soul. God's choice about what each person experiences should not be questioned. God never makes mistakes, and these people have been left to develop their own beliefs because it is God's will. However different their beliefs are from ours doesn't matter to God. He still understands them and loves them."

PepperPotGumby

I appreciate your thoughts but your logic is faulty.

Now that the world is at their doorstep they will not be left in seclusion, and it is possible that they will not want to be. We don't know.

The Gospel may be what they will need to resist forms of evil that they have been isolated from. It is possibly that is why it came to the rest of us when it did. And it is possible that this is why it should be brought to them now. I don't know the answer to this and neither do you.

You seem to be preaching a Gospel of God does not make mistakes so if I feel like doing something then it must be OK. This is pure nonsense. We all feel like doing things that may be personally or socially destructive. What do you think the ten commandments were for? To save us from our own folly.

BenWilliams said North America's indigenous population was impacted mainly by disease. I think he left out the WHITE MAN and his attempt at GENOCIDE.

Pepper, et al, to say that misrepresenting a story is excusable because you agree with the goal of the story--in this case to end illegal logging--is in my mind worse than the illegal logging itself. By the way, if your claim is correct then why isn't there a single word in this story about what is illegal about Peruvian logging, except to say that these people in these photos are running from it. But are they? We don't know, because this story doesn't say. And the NGO responsible for seeding it to us probably doesn't want us to know all that is going on. Otherwise why not make THAT the case instead of this tribe?

I don't know if these people have had contact or not, and I'm not sure I care. Someone above wrote we can learn a lot from them...okay, like what? Calculus? Ship building? Nuclear medicine? Shoe making? But the fact that this tribe has objects they likely did not make (enamelware?) implies that at a minimum they have had some contact with the outside world even if once, or twice, removed. Either Darwin was right, or he was wrong. This tribe needs to adapt if they want to survive if their environment is changing, whatever the cause of that change might be.

Now, could our leftist friends please get back to the straight-away bashing of the USA, which has absolutely nothing to do with this tribe, despite being blamed by someone above for the problems this tribe faces? We should do nothing to preserve these people, or to destroy them intentionally. If the land there needs to be logged, farmed, mined, so that Peruvian and Brazillian societies can prosper, then so be it. If those societies take too much from the land then the earth itself will right the error and those people will suffer for it.

Kathryne, what genocide? Forceably moving tribes from the native lands was wrong, in retrospect, but it was hardly genocidal. The Indian Wars were not about wiping out the Indians, but were instead about forcing them to comply with their victors (yes, white people) decision to put them on reservations. The only truly genocidal conflicts in what became America were conducted by the Indians themselves, many of who wanted to destroy their neighboring tribes.

Put yourself 150 years back in time and there is little chance, but not zero, that you would say such ludicrous things. What is important to learn from that episode of our history is not that we committed genocide--we didn't--but that we failed to live up to the ideals of our founding in our dealings with the Indians. Shame on our ancestors for that. With some luck our heirs will cast shame upon you for your willful ignorance today.

Pepper Pot Gumby, you make too much sense. You actually cite facts and question assumptions in a respectful way. Your tone is not self-righteous or personally insulting. Your corrections are made to make an important point, not to score points. Are you trying to actually have an intelligent exchange of ideas? That's a rare thing in our world today.

I might not agree with all of your ideas but I do admire the way you expressed them. Why should it matter if the tribe had been "contacted" or not, don't they and the other people in these areas deserve the right to live? So much of the conflict between people is because they focus on unimportant details and miss the big picture. Religions fight each other over minor differences in interpretations of the same religious writings, and ignore the larger goals and purposes they share. As William Penn said, "Most people have enough religion to hate, but not enough to love."

I am not a religious person, but I can acknowledge that religions of many kinds have, at times, brought hope to people and inspired acts of compassion. Of course, compassion has also been inspired by secular beliefs such as Greek rationalistic ethics and humanistic Confucianism long before some current religions, such as Christianity came into being. Stories of unknown tribes have been popular for centuries because they make us stop and think about what is real and necessary in our lives. What is important for life, and what should our relationship to nature be?

Our modern civilizations are only now starting to deal with these questions. Largely, this is because the negative effects of not dealing with our overweening self-centeredness and materialism are now hitting us hard in both our human made societies, and in the natural world. Its important to step outside our "lives of quiet desperation", as Thoreau described our focus on acquistion, and see things from the perspective of a different way of life. This "uncontacted" tribe, whether or not they have had dealings with modern people, might in some ways be more in contact with the world than we are. Perhaps, it is we who have lost contact with nature and with what is truly valuable. I greatly admire human inventiveness, but technology is just a tool and requires wisdom if it is to be used for the longterm good of all. Does destroying our forests and poisoning our air and oceans really make sense in the larger picture of what our goals should be?

It is my most fervent hope that ALL missionaries venturing into their territory find them to be Cannibles with an insatiable appetite for "Long Pig" meat.

Rich-

I believe part of the genocide she was speaking of was the mass kill of Buffalo, their major food source. Shoving them into small, filthy concentration camps. The thousands that died on the Trail of Tears.

You know. Common sense kind of stuff we were all tought in History class.

Some one once asked an American Indian why his people always swore (used profanity) in the white man's languages.... the Indian replied,"Before you white men came, we had no need for profanity !"

Amanda, which would make sense only if truly designed to wipe out their race. Indians killed thousands of bison too--tens of thousands of bison remains are located at the bottom of just one bluff in South Dakota, but they weren't killed one at a time, they were run over the edge of the bluff and fell to their deaths. And this doesn't excuse the excesses of whites killing bison either, but it was hardly done to wipe out the Indians.

The reservation system, I think, was wrong but only wrong in retrospect. These were not small concentration camps either, as a look a many maps can easily prove, but they were not the complete geographical areas the Indians forced onto them previously had. Which is why forcing them on them was wrong. I have no problem with the spoils going to the victors, but I think the Indians should have been allowed to settle where they wanted. Again, this wasn't genocidal. The Trail of Tears refers to the forced march of Indians of the Cherokee nation. It was brutal, you bet, and wrong, I agree again, but it was anything but genocidal.

The one thing you and I probably both agree on is that the things you learned in your History courses are why you hold many views that you do. But this realization isn't an endorsement of history education in our schools, rather it's a sad realization that indoctrination and propaganda in our schools works very well.

Have you noticed the size of the feet on those people? they must be descendants of Hobbits. their legs look healthy as well, I'll bet they can out jump any Olympic medalist. those pictures have been around for several years now, so this is nothing new.

What would you consider the West Craig. Everything west of Ohio or Indiana? Us Easterners have more values than you Westerners. Besides, they are Westerners they just don't know it yet.

I believe he means westerners as in western civilization... lol

Watch "The Mission" Catholics already purged South America of "heathens" once.

I know some people from brazil and they look just like this "tribe". especially the feet.

I think their just brazilian for homeless.

I know none of them have jobs down there, but this is ridiculous.

Why does it matter if they had contact from trade with civil people, the important thing is there is

illegal logging that is upsetting the balance of human and nature. And above someone posted stoneAge

ended 400 years ago.....Really? oMg try no little as 5000 years ago. And metal has been in every culture since then. Just because no shoes ore real clothes doesnt make natives stupid or ignorent. Nomatic Norway people made iron from peat..That suprised me when i learned that...our ancesters where not dumb, maybe alieans visted them and made there gardens for them too.

Hey Jack--before you post a self-righteous, and what you believe to be erudite response--check you spelling and grammar

illegal logging that is upsetting the balance of human and nature. And above someone posted stoneAge

ended 400 years ago.....Really? oMg try no little as 5000 years ago

Jack did you even read the post. 400 years ago in the AMERICAS. We aren't talking Europe. Before going off about another post make sure you understand what is said.

Judging by the well developed paths through the trees, around the garden, and around the houses, it looks like these folks have been settled in this place for a long time. I doubt they were displaced by logging for at least several years. They also don't seem very panicked by the sight of an airplane.

Jack was correct. We've been using metals for thousands of years even in North America. There's copper mines on the west coast that are thought to go back to about 1300 BC.

I wonder who is fake us or the pictures. Are we so self-important that we make foolish comments. No one goes into these tribes and makes them bow down for their sins. The governments are very careful who goes in. Government officials will send healthworkers.There no doubt thousands of tribes out in the jungles who had little to do with the outside. I wish they could live their lives without the junk we have to handle daily.

franny; what does U.S. voting record have to do with these people in brazil/ peru? why does U.S. always get slapped in every situation with S.A.? we have nothing to do with internal lack of protection for idigents. come on, give U.S. a break. go after chavez.

and if they are close enough to get bowl/ pan and knife/ machete (kid is holding it), then they have had contact in one manner or another. maybe murdered owner of items?

Finding an item left by someone else is not evidence of contact. Just because you find something left by someone else does NOT mean that you've had any kind of interaction with them. You may have never even seen them.

Again, though, don't assume that the tribe in question could not possibly have made the items themselves. People that live in "primitive" tribes are just as smart and creative as we are. I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone say "those primitive people couldn't have made that" -- when they did, in fact, make the item in question.

Good thing they are not in the USA. They would have to get real jobs, pay our insanely high taxes, and purchase government mandated health insurance.....or go to jail!

mgin; you keep harping on the bowl/ pan, but no comment on the knife/ machete. did they make that also? i have to say that many on here are ignoring the more obvious facts and applying their own spin. now i respect each to their own opinion, but must question how far off some are on this. if they made the bowl/ pan, why is there only just the one item? would be great for holding water and food; ergo, would have more on hand. just a thought and please don't go postal on me.

plus we do need to consider protecting any group that wishes to be left alone. but NOT U.S. business.

franny; what does U.S. voting record have to do with these people in brazil/ peru? why does U.S. always get slapped in every situation with S.A.? we have nothing to do with internal lack of protection for idigents. come on, give U.S. a break. go after chavez. -lawrence wilson

I believe that Franny was referring to the abject stupidity displayed by voters in the US, for example, the Tea Party. If ignorance truly was bliss, the Tea Partiers wouldn't be such a bunch of cussing, hateful squealers. It's called 'sarcasm'.

Hey Lawrence Wilson, How did murder jump into your ramblings? These people will likely be on the receiving end of such depravity, which seems quite co-incidental that you have sadly suggested it! Take it easy Sherlock!

a north american; ramblings? i state my thoughts and am rambling. when one thinks one is in danger from whatever, the choice is run/ fight. now for a native/ local to attack and kill an interloper/ invader is not new in this world. been going on for milleniums. yes, odds are for sure against them if they have much contact. am curious on what part of a north american you are? mexican, US. or canadian?

as for ten angry hamsters. her sarcasm is so far off as her positions on US., having any involvement. come on folks; some are getting way off on legitimacy of photos and facts.

A First American of Turtle Island, L. Wilson. And you are the first of what and which island?

TBAustin

Let's leave them there so we can study them. Perhaps we can send in a special forces team that will use tranquilizers on them and give them anal probes and mutilate any farm animals they have.

What's point/your point? I guess they need tetanus, pesticides, gmo foods and all the other good stuff we have to offer!!

Is that a cellphone?

I don't think so, there is life without them, and I really miss those days. I hope the outside World leaves them alone.

People have been making tools since the beginning of civilization. Did you not have a history class? And someone said "why is there only one bowl" or something....it's a picture of a particular area, maybe they were only carrying one and away from their settlement so the rest are there or in other areas not on camera? Are you serious with this questions?

Then you guys get into the Tea Party..what the hell. See, these tribes have it all - they work together to survive and don't have to deal with all the crap we do over here. We're so arrogant, opinionated, hateful, disgusting, materialistic, and I could go on. They work to live to be together, sometimes I wish America would still be like that.

You lefties are so scared of the Tea Party it's hysterical.

thats it im going down there and contacting these savages. What a ridiculous notion that there is something noble about everyone in the world ignoring these people so we dont corrupt them. i say we go down there give them a reality tv show and see if we can get them to do funny things so we can all laugh.

I get tired of hearing about modern man trashing the earth. The Indians and these nomad tribes did not take care of the earth, they just trashed an area and then moved on to let the earth restore itself.

I fail to see where the Tea Party, liberals or the western society has anything to do with whether or not this is legitimate news or not. I have read all the response's to the pictures and article and i would be confused as to whether the native displaced residents of the rainforest's interior are "untouched"
by western society or just another MSN Blog over run by ranting politicos looking to blame the other side for every ill in the world today, perhaps, may there be some truth in every great lie, keep that in mind on both sides. this is how all of america is held at bay by our greedy elected officials. as long as you are bickering at each other the cleverly placed distractions will keep us all busy while the foxes rob the hen house. and they are robbing it in a grand fashion. the issue is not whether we have universal health care, or any other topic on of many we can agree or disagree on, but whether they, "washington" is doing anything other then finding the issues we can disagree on the most and keeping us at each other so they can continue to do nothing. reminds me of raising boys who wont admit who did it when something has broken, as long as neither side gives in, nobody has to be responsible to the American people they are elected to represent.

We live in a republic in these United States of America. Unlike a Democracy where everyone gets a vote regardless of their intelligence, a republic requires you to elect leaders to represent you. that is what we do in America. That system obligates you as a citizen to be educated on the issues that effect your community, to convey those concerns through public pressure on your elected individuals, and demand results not accept endless excuses. If the message is coming from the folks in Washington that are not doing their jobs and you continue to accept excuses for their failures by looking at the "other side" remember that the "other side" is you as well. We ALL NEED TO EDUCATE OURSELVES ON WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN A REPUBLIC and perhaps then, just then you will see all the smoke and mirrors are just meant to divide us, distract us, and dilute our resolve to control our own destinies as FREE citizens. Congrats!! My hats of the Usurpers of power in Washington, even the Nazi military machine could not carry off such propaganda on a grand scale to fool so many for so long.......

in the photograph where they are all looking upwards, most of the bodies look like they have been photoshopped...look carefully and the colors and detail of the muted colors....maybe its just me, maybe.

They could hunt them down like animals and we can taste their flesh at the exotic casino mentioned all over this site.

I'm sure it's legal in vegass!

I saw these same pictures years ago. Just leave them alone...don't pass on all our BS that we have in our own world.

Wow,I can see now how the dam chemtrails is affecting us all.

I refuse to stay and be part of such stupidity that we have turned this discussion into.

Luckyj you got your eyes open and that is a subject of most importance.

So for now,I m gone to a discussion where there is sure to be more serious comments and responses.

The Brazilians have been monitoring this tribe for some years, so it is not inconceivable that photos exist from some earlier flyover.

As for the cooking pot and machete. Anyone who has ever visited a public market in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, or Chile knows that those cylindrical white enameled metal pots are available everywhere in South America. These pots are about eight inches in diameter and have a small handle on each side (one is visible in the photo). The tribal people easily carve handles to hook onto the metal to lift them from fires. They and machetes are standard trade items among rainforest tribes throughout the Amazon and their presence here need not represent contact with white man. Read Vargas Llosa's "El Hablador" if you can find a version in English (better yet, read it in Spanish).

Altough the humor evidenced in these posts is entertaining, most of those attempting to be serious show ignorance of Amazonian tribal peoples.

To all those that keep questioning the bowl/pan and the machete. I would have to say it is more likely there were found or traded for then this being a fake. If they are fake then the person making them must be the dumbest hoaxer of all time. Think about it. Ok everyone stand up and pretend to look at a plane oh by the way hold this modern machete to make it look real. If you are going to sit there and tell people to use common sense about what they are looking at, then you yourself must use common sense about putting on a hoax of this nature.

PhoneTech, unless you can provide a news source to back up your claim, you are just as ignorant. At least David R Arnott signs his real name to the article!

PhoneTech :

you are correct, I saw these photos even earlier than last year and posted them on my old blog... I will see if I can dig them up and provide the url to page

on the other hand, I can understand the desperate need to stop the encroachment of loggers displacing indigenous rain forest tribes

I thought the story and photos seemed familiar. I did a quick search, and sure enough, the same outfit pulled the same stunt in 2008. Not saying that these people should not be left alone, but the manipulation of news in pursuit of an agenda is reprehensible. Good bits of "An Inconvenient Truth", come to mind.

I too remember this set of photos on the web and also on mainstream media outlets such as CNN and MSNBC. It was over a year ago when these first came out and were used by ultra-liberal "tree huggers" to further their political and social agenda. One problem I have with these photos is that the religious extremists who are on a world mission to convert everyone to Christianity (I am Christian by the way) will use this info to go deeper into a jungle seeking this tribe for conversion. The Peruvian jungle is one of the largest missionary fields in the world and grows increasingly larger with this fabricated media attention.

Jango, read the comments belows yours. Who is the ignorant one now?



The accusation of fakery may or may not have merit. However, if you can't provide a link to a trustworthy source, don't make the accusation.

We're still waiting for evidence. So far, that evidence is entirely absent.

@ phone tech......

Yeah you are right "phone tech", we aw those pictures middloe of last year as a matter of fact, I immediately recognized the kid with the machete and the "red-painted dzde" also"! "I don't undfetstand why these "officals". do this kind of trash in the first place, its not like they are "selling newspapers", or maybe it is just for the "hoped for" excitment they wish to hit peoples whom will, and want to"believe" this "hoax", for lack of a better word..and further, from the altitude of the "Gov't. Aircraft, the first time I saw it last year had me wondering how low they are flying in, and in what kind of aircraft; because the density of the forest would prevent them from getting as low as the angle of the pictures depicted also"!

Billy Carson

Billy Carson

Here's a blog post from 2008 that used another of the pics in the same series:

Read the article, folks:

http://www.uncontactedtribes.org/brazilphotos

It never says that the pictures were taken last week. It says that the pictures were taken by the Brazilian government and that they have been monitoring this tribe for years. So... even if you saw the pictures in a blog post a few years ago, that doesn't mean that anyone is trying to deceive you. The pictures are not faked -- you guys just didn't read the article above.

See my post 3.20. The Brazilian government has been monitoring these people from the air for years. However, they do not drop trade goods; the machete and metal bowl must have been obtained through intertribal commerce.

All I have to say is look at those FEET!

that is the first thjing that i noticed also

Oh, you're the guy quoted in the update.

Avatar was a great example that of what capitalist humans value in life, nail on the head. The movie is very close to the History of North and South America, only not the happy ending, but again the story is still being written. Destroying the rain forests rank in the top ten of "stupid human tricks".

National Graphics will verify it, it is possible.

What has the state of the U.S. got to do with this article. These pics were taken in a different country.

I see one eating a Droid!

Yea that 21st century gets everywhere!

We should open a starbucks across from their huts so then they get the caffeine boost to go on their hunting trips. We should also parachute a land rover so they can move around quicker if they get tired from walking. Maybe send them a computer so they can order hunting and cooking tools online? Maybe they could also order some clothes from Cabela's? Then, perhaps send them a few cellphones so then the lady will know when she can expect her man to come back from his excursions so they can do their rain dance together. Yes, they live out in the wild but why not live in style?? But we definitely need to send them a tv so they don't miss this season of american idol or the jersey shore, I so couldn't live without my reality tv so I'll assume they won't either and they have a lot of episodes to catch up.

Is it me or do they look to have abnormally large feet? Interested development if they do. They're feet have developed to fit their habitat and the fact that they don't wear shoes. Kind of like Hobbits!!! :)

It looks like a white enamel metal pot with black or dark blue trim, I wonder if it is marked "Made in China"?

Maybe your next house should be made of straw.

LMAO!...while we are not in agreement..your post made me laugh! Hard! Thanks for the chuckle!

arn't they earth's citizens too? I would reply yes,,

Coca Cola bottle that falls from the sky. I haven't thought about that movie in years. I loved it!

THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY which supposedly chronicaled a tribe which had never before contacted civilization showed an old man with a vacination scar.

Hey! The movie was made in South Africa, using native people, but they weren't isolated. The story was allegorical and both hypothetical and truthful. The showing of a vaccination scar was merely an error in direction; probably the camera director didn't notice it.

If you want a true story about truly native people but set in the seventeenth century, go back to "The Mission," a true tale of the interaction of the Spanish with a local tribe. The church in Spain actually did send a monseigneur to Argentina/Paraguay to adjudicate the problem that the tribes above Iguazu Falls were being converted to Christianity and therefore could not be taken as slaves by the large landowners. The monseigneurs decision was to close the mission above Iguazu Falls.

Not a chance....now, the "scientist, anthropologist, and others" will come in to introduce our form of "civilization", and try to impose our way of life on them....and it all goes down hill from there!

I am right there with you Diana.....I pray they will be left untouched! I am actually pissed because they scared them by trying to gain these pictures! Absolutely asinine!

shouldn't they have the choice if they want to enter modern civilization? why do people selfishly want them to remain how they are? they should only stay that way if they determine to do so, not if we think they'd be better off left alone.

@Commons Sense 1

Not a chance....now, the "scientist, anthropologist, and others" will come in to introduce our form of "civilization", and try to impose our way of life on them....and it all goes down hill from there!

You clearly are misinformed on the modern anthropologist's intentions. Quite the opposite really. By means of participant observation, one would engage in the activities of the daily life of such cultures. Then spread the knowledge of this culture to "civilization" in hopes to spread a better understanding of them and prevent them from being further improached upon. An anthropologist would wish to preserve a tribe such as this, not destroy it.

I will pray with you Diana. I am happy to find one good hearted person. It doesn’t matter from where they get that white bowl. It doesn’t matter if they exchange some bananas to get that white bowl. Let’s us be sensitive enough to recognize that they need help and whoever is negative against this Amazonian tribe is just a MEAN LOW LEVEL IGNORANT FULL OF ENVY PERSON that can’t see a wonderful thing just in front of his face.

finally one smart woman in here...congratulations Diana

Mateo-660030 says:
“shouldn't they have the choice if they want to enter modern civilization? why do people selfishly want them to remain how they are? they should only stay that way if they determine to do so, not if we think they'd be better off left alone.”

Typical vintage busybody nose-sticking liberal attitude and demeanor. But Mateo-660030 surely wants to be left alone and have nobody nosing his business.

Liberals have two sets of rules, one for themselves and another for the benighted.

They're impossible to play poker with. “But…I thought a Full House beat Three of a Kind…” No, no, no, little guy… you don't understand”

Maybe we could do the same thing to them as we did for other natives. Push them out, give them disease, may them pay taxes, and try and educate them.. Can't say as I blame them for hiding out. Maybe they have a flat screen and msnbc, they know more than we think...

Uncontacted? Wonder where the child in the first picture got that steel machete? They must be a very advanced "uncontacted" people. Why don't we just leave them alone and let them enjoy life as they know it.....