Tribe Found Untouched By Civilization

Uncontacted Brazilian Indian Group Spotted In Remote Amazon Jungle

(AP)  One of Brazil's last uncontacted Indian tribes has been spotted in the far western Amazon jungle near the Peruvian border, the National Indian Foundation said Thursday.

The Indians were sighted in an Ethno-Environmental Protected Area along the Envira River in flights over remote Acre state, said the Brazilian government foundation, known as Funai.

Funai said it photographed "strong and healthy" warriors, six huts and a large planted area. But it was not known to which tribe they belonged, the group said.

"Four distinct isolated peoples exist in this region, whom we have accompanied for 20 years," Funai expert Jose Carlos Meirelles Junior said in a statement.

The tribe sighted recently is one of the last not to be contacted by officials. Funai does not make contact with such tribes Indians and prevents invasions of their land to ensure their autonomy, the foundation said.

Survival International said the Indians are in danger from illegal logging in Peru, which is driving tribes over the border and could lead to conflict with the estimated 500 uncontacted Indians now living on the Brazilian side.

There are more than 100 uncontacted tribes worldwide, most of them in Brazil and Peru, the group said in a statement.

"These pictures are further evidence that uncontacted tribes really do exist," Survival director Stephen Corry said.

"The world needs to wake up to this, and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with international law. Otherwise, they will soon be made extinct."

[torocaca]

My point is that civilizations in North America probably existed before the Cherokees. If so, did the Cherokees take land that wasn''''''''t theirs to begin with? If so, this is what the Europeans did, too. Taking land by more powerful groups has always existed around the world. Agression wasn''''''''t limited to the Europeans.
Posted by rhs648 at 04:16 PM : Jun 02, 2008



And my point is the Cherokees and all other "Native Americans" are descended from the prehistoric people who arrived via the Bering Strait. Therefore, the land belonged to the Native Americans who inhabited it at the time.

Sure, they fought amongst themselves and took each other''s land, but there was plenty of vacant land to go around. And no one was put on a reservation until the Europeans arrived.

Using agression to defend one''s home and family is part of human (and animal) nature. Obviously, so is the persecution and extermination of people considered inferior.

[rhs648]

correction

Actually there is plenty of anthropology evidence that prehistoric people were here. Does the name Anasazi mean anything to you?

Posted by torocaca

Now we are getting somewhere. My point is that civilizations in North America probably existed before the Cherokees. If so, did the Cherokees take land that wasn''''t theirs to begin with? If so, this is what the Europeans did, too. Taking land by more powerful groups has always existed around the world. Agression wasn''''t limited to the Europeans.





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Posted by torocaca

[rhs648]

Actually there is plenty of anthropology evidence that prehistoric people were here. Does the name Anasazi mean anything to you?

Now we are getting somewhere. My point is that civilizations in North America probably existed before the Cherokees. If so, did the Cherokees take land that wasn''t theirs to begin with? If so, this is what the Europeans did, too. Taking land by more powerful groups has always existed around the world. Agression wasn''t limited to the Europeans.






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Posted by torocaca

[torocaca]

Again, no records and no diaries to support such a theory. What evidence is there that the North American continent wasn''t populated by older civilizations than the Native Americans?
Posted by rhs648 at 09:55 PM : Jun 01, 2008


Where is the proof that Christ arose from his grave and then a few days later ascended into heaven?

LOL!!!

I guess you don''t understand what "prehistoric" means and it wouldn''t do much good for anyone to try to explain it to you.

Actually there is plenty of anthropology evidence that prehistoric people were here. Does the name Anasazi mean anything to you?

Native, in the context of "Native Americans," means the people who lived here before the Europeans arrived.

[rhs648]

In the beginning there was no one here. The "originals" arrived via the Bering Strait before the water was high. They arrived and split into many tribes, choosing for themselves unique names that described what they did or how they lived. The land was plenty and the people were few, with plenty of "space" between tribes.

Posted by torocaca

Great theory but where is the proof? Again, no records and no diaries to support such a theory. What evidence is there that the North American continent wasn''t populated by older civilizations than the Native Americans?

[jadedreaper]

Ahem...Every peoples native tongue translates the name of their "kind" so to speak..translated into English means..."THE PEOPLE"

[dsr57]

I think my favorite part of the picture is the fact that their pointing bow and arrows at the plane. That''s a sign of hostility. We should carpet bomb them before they attack american soil

[dsr57]

The US really needs to swoop in there and bring them the gift of democracy ! ! !

ha ha ha ha ha

[torocaca]

And from whom did the Cherokee Indians get the land. What civilizations inhabited the land before the Cherokees and what happened to them? ...
Posted by rhs648 at 03:47 PM : May 31, 2008


Stupid question IMHO...

In the beginning there was no one here. The "originals" arrived via the Bering Strait before the water was high. They arrived and split into many tribes, choosing for themselves unique names that described what they did or how they lived. The land was plenty and the people were few, with plenty of "space" between tribes.

An Italian sailor sailed east from the "great continent" to seek a new route to the Orient. He got lost and ended up in what is now Central America. But he didn''t know he was lost and thought he was in the East Indies. He called the natives "Indians."

When the people of the great continent learned of this "new world" they started coming in droves. Some of them were not very nice, especially the people "escaping" religious persecution.

These "religious escapees" came to the "new world" and persecuted the "Indians," referring to them as pagans, heathens, savages, redskins, etc., and nearly exterminated them to extinction.

The remaining savages were converted to christianity and relegated to reservations where most of them live to this day.

Not much has changed since Columbus stumbled on to this land over 500 years ago.

[torocaca]

If they are isolated from the rest of the world it means they have never heard of God, Jesus, Muhammad, Allah, Abraham, David, Buddah, etc...
Posted by far_point200 at 12:43 PM : May 31, 2008



A good thing, no doubt.

If they became christians and the tribe across the valley became muslims then the intense fighting would begin.

Besides, they most likely have their own gods, as most primitive people did.

[dirtydog55]

Why are they called "Indians" in this story?
Posted by dirtydog55 at 01:43 AM : May 31, 2008
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It comes from the word indigenous which means native to the land.
Posted by andersonk49 at 08:22 AM : May 31, 2008
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No it doesn''t. Show me your source for that statement.

Besides, it was a rhetorical question. The natives of North America do NOT refer to themselves as Indians. They refer to themselves with their tribe or nation name.

They are incorrectly called Indians because Columbus "thought" he landed in the East Indies and mistakenly called the natives Indians. Unfortunately the incorrect use of the term "Indian" for aboriginies of the Americas has continued for over 500 years.

My dictionary defines Indian as 1: a native or inhabitant of the subcontintent of India or of the East Indies; 2: the belief held by Columbus that the lands he discovered were part of Asia.

[greatdrivew]

Nangin3:

You are God''s Barney Fife. Put your bullet back in your pocket and go see if Goober fixed the tire on the squad car.

[nanging3]

Obama claims to be a Christian (which enrages me!)

He needs to also explain his racist, marxist, black theology beliefs of 20
years !!

and yet his so called Christian church regardless of who the pastor was
preaches Black Theology%u2026 Obama needs to address that..
That in itself is Horrendous.. It is Racist and Marxist teachings of James H.
Cone..
Even Wright tried to explain that to Hannity !!

have you read this?%u2026%u2026%u2026.this is what his church teaches to his daughters on
Sundays%u2026%u2026%u2026.these are the writings of James Cones - you can look it up -

%u201CBlack theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the
goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people,
then he is a murderer and we had better kill him. The task of black theology
is
to kill gods who do not belong to the black community. Black theology will
accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white
enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in black power which is
the
power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at
their disposal. Unless God is participating in his holy activity, we must
reject

[nanging3]

Remove Father Pfleger petition...

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/removable-of-father-michael-pfleger

[bdrlnt4rl]

isnt that monica under the hut????

[nordeck52]

Wow! such a fake story. Those actors must have hated being bitten by bugs just to film a fake news story. Show me some wild, tribal people in North America. I bet child protective services takes their kids away and throws the parents in jail for not allowing their kids to watch tv and play video games.

Posted by whatisit21

Fake story, huh? Then explain how this was first reported on other news sites earlier in the week, namely BBC News. And incidentally, this makes me wonder what took CBS so long to report on the story. I find it VERY interesting.

[bdrlnt4rl]

hey, wait, isnt that hillary, chelsea, and bill in the background!!!!!

[whatisit21]

Wow! such a fake story. Those actors must have hated being bitten by bugs just to film a fake news story. Show me some wild, tribal people in North America. I bet child protective services takes their kids away and throws the parents in jail for not allowing their kids to watch tv and play video games.

[bdrlnt4rl]

The Mormon and Jehovahs Witness missionaries are getting their travel plans put together right now... as we speak! LOL!

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if you really think about, the baptist will beat them too to it. them baptist dont want to miss out on any money they may be able to get from them. I can see it now, a great big cultural hall with the preacher jumping up and down saying you are all going to hellll if you dont get baptized.

yep, its the baptist trying to get there first.

or maybe its huckabee, after all he said he wanted to be pres to spread the word of god!

[rhs648]

I am cherokee descendant, I say leave them alone. If it weren''''t for your so-called democracy we would''''ve done very fine indeed. Keep it to yourself and leave the natives alone. They don''''t NEED or WANT your BRITISH type influence, just the way you invaded our lands for your so-called need to escape, only we have no escape from you.

Posted by JadedReaper

And from whom did the Cherokee Indians get the land. What civilizations inhabited the land before the Cherokees and what happened to them? Was the land purchased or simply taken from earlier civilizations. These are questions that may never be answered. At least the British and others kept records and diaries. Would you really be happy living as the Cherokees did?