Isolated Tribe of Amazonian Indians Reports ‘Massacre’ by Illegal Miners

Isolated Tribe of Amazonian Indians Reports ‘Massacre’ by Illegal Miners
Aerial view of the Amazonic forest reserve of Trairao, western Para state, northern Brazil on December 4, 2011. Brazilian authorities were conducting an operation to fight the illegal extraction of wood in the national forest reserves of Trairao and Riosinho do Afrisio. Lunae Parracho/AFP/Getty Images
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They were gathering eggs along remote reaches of the Amazon River when 10 tribe members of an Indian “uncontacted tribe” were allegedly massacred by illegal gold miners, Survival International, an NGO that campaigns for indigenous peoples, reported.

According to Survival International “uncontacted tribes” are tribal peoples who have no peaceful contact with anyone in the mainstream or dominant society. These could be entire peoples or smaller groups of already contacted tribes.