Uncontacted Tribe Emerges

[Rogue]

Uncontacted Tribe Emerges From Brazil Rainforest After 'Violent Attacks'
The Huffington Post | By Ed Mazza
Posted: 07/31/2014 1:05 am EDT

A previously uncontacted tribe has emerged from the jungles of Brazil suffering from flu and saying they've been shot at, according to reports.



Since the Panoan language of the tribe is similar to that of other tribes, interpreters sent in by the government were able to speak with them.

"They described being attacked by non-native people and many died after coming down with the flu and diphtheria," said interpreter Jaminawa Jose Correia, according to a report on the G1 web portal and cited by AFP.

Several of the tribal people have been treated for flu, which could be especially deadly as they have no immunity to the disease.

“At first they were afraid and wary, but thankfully in the end they understood, believed us, trusted the medical team and accepted the medicine,” Carlos Travassos of Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) told Forbes. “It was a difficult and slow dialogue.”

Travassos added that "the group told us their tribe had been shot at by white men."

While it's not yet clear who has been shooting at them, advocates believe it was loggers and drug traffickers in Peru who have been moving into tribal lands, causing indigenous peoples to flee.

"If you're a non-contracted tribe who has some knowledge but very little knowledge of that world out there and what you see is people coming in, stealing your resources, scaring off the game that you rely on for food and most dangerously wielding firearms -- this must be an incredibly frightening experience," Fiona Watson of Survival International told NPR.

Survival International advocates on behalf of uncontacted tribes and works with FUNAI.

"This news could hardly be more worrying -– not only have these people confirmed they suffered violent attacks from outsiders in Peru, but they have apparently already caught flu," Survival International director Stephen Corry said in a news release. "The nightmare scenario is that they return to their former villages carrying flu with them."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/30/uncontacted-tribe-emerges_n_5636373.html

[Rogue]

How Many Isolated Tribes Still Exist Today?

[Monk (in hiding)]

They need to use their poison darts against all outsiders.

The white race is so evil.

[Stirky]

Oh this is very sad, why can't people just leave them alone??

[Monk (in hiding)]

[Agartha]

Evil people!! They have been trying to rid of them for many years, as they want the land they live in............

I would love to see the Brazilian government to do something to protect them, but we know that is not going to happen.

[X]

Why did they become sick?

contact with modern human....poisonous

[Stirky]

Yes if a tribe is uncontacted they do not come in contact with all the viruses of the modern world, if they have never had any ontact with these viruses than they do not have immunity to them like we do. It would be very dangerous for these people to mingle with other humans, there would be so much they could contract.

[Kaere]

Would it not also work the other way? Perhaps the white people who gave them the flu will come away with something equally nasty! One can hope...

[X]

Obviously our diseases today are the by product of being prescribed so much in drugs.....we aren't immune to it...we created it because our immune system is weak...certain viruses like the flu exist in our bodies because....they can

[Kaere]

Influenza has been around for a lot longer than we've been taking medications against it though. Remember the flu outbreak that killed so many at the beginning of the 20th Century?

[X]

When was the first prescription...chemical drug prescribed

is that the proper term?

[X]

And now we take drugs to combat the flu...
.that probably means...the flu and Our bodies Can coexist together...not get rid of

[Agartha]

No, Whitty, the virus does not coexist in our bodies.......if you have the virus you have the illness. Vaccines make your body create antibodies against the virus.

The flu/influenza virus is actually ancient, much older than humans actually.

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