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Uncontacted Peoples

• This Wikipedia article does a good job at giving the reader an idea of the different tribes from all over the world and everything is relevant.
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Uncontacted peoples

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Members of an uncontacted tribe spotted in Acre near Feijó, Brazil in 2012

Uncontacted peoples, also referred to as isolated people or lost tribes, are communities who live, or have lived, either by choice (people living in voluntary isolation) or by circumstance, without significant or first contact with greater civilization. Few people have remained totally uncontacted by modern civilization.

Indigenous rights activists call for such groups to be left alone, stating that contact will interfere with their right to self-determination. In addition, isolated tribes may lack immunity to common diseases, which can kill a large percentage of their people after contact.

In 2013, it was estimated that there were more than 100 uncontacted tribes around the world, mostly in the densely forested areas of South America and New Guinea. The Sentinelese (Andaman Islands, India) are the most secluded tribe in the world. Knowledge of the existence of these groups comes mostly from infrequent and sometimes violent encounters with neighbouring tribes, and from aerial footage.

Uncontacted tribes are a source of fascination in "contacted" society, and the idea of tour operators offering extreme adventure tours to specifically search out uncontacted people has become controversial.

uncontacted tribe in the rain forest spotting photographer

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Uncontacted people

The majority of the people on this planet live in the modern world (industrial and post-industrial societies), but there are communities in remote areas of the world that still live the way humans did thousands of years ago. Uncontacted people, also referred to as isolated people or lost tribes, are communities that live in isolation, without significant or first contact with outside civilization.Few people remain completely uncontacted today.

Uncontacted tribes resemble our ancestors from a primitive or remote past. They retain their own cultures and customs and remain a hunter gatherer society with little to no use of agriculture. These tribes are experts of the forest (or natural world) .Relying solely on the tools and resources that can be found in the forest. These tribes hunt local game and forage for edible plants to provide food and other supplies necessary for the survival of the community. Plant and animal based material are used for the tribe’s source of medicine, clothing, and shelter as well.

It is estimated that there are more than 100 of these uncontacted tribes in the world, the majority of which live in the most difficult to reach places, such as the deep interior of the Amazon, the Congo, or the mountains of New Guinea.

These uncontacted tribes live a nomadic lifestyle for many reasons, but mainly, they just want to be left alone.

Outside contact with the modern world can cause serious harm to the tribes. The tribesman lack immunity to common disease and sicknesses from outside contact can kill many members of the tribes. Along with many other problems these secluded tribes face, such as logging, affects from drug traffickers, modernization and interference from the outside world- laws nationally and internationally have been made to protect these isolated peoples land and give them the chance to determine their own futures.

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North America[edit]

It is believed that the last group of uncontacted native peoples in North America were the Lacandón people, contacted in the early part of the 20th century. Both Ishi's Yahi family, and the Lacandón Maya, were aware of European colonisation and the civilization that had developed from it, but purposefully avoided any direct contact. The only contact with the outside world came through trade.