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In response to "Brazil releases photos of what they say is the world's last uncontacted tribe." by loosilu

uncontacted? how the hell does the little one have a machete then? -- nm

Posted by CQ (aka CQ) Feb 1 '11, 07:21

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trade networks. i'm sure they're not really uncontacted... - x Feb 1, 07:24 1
- the article says that the government used to contact many tribes like this, but 50% of the people would be wiped out by disease. -- nm - loosilu Feb 1, 07:27
they say through intertribal trading. -- nm - loosilu Feb 1, 07:23 3
- But then they woulda been contacted. - Will Hunting Feb 1, 07:24 2
  - realistically, very few people are truly isolated. So yes, they do mean uncontacted by "civilized" society. not sure "whitey" applies in Brazil. -- nm - loosilu Feb 1, 07:26
  - If they're not white, they don't count, obvie. - znufrii Feb 1, 07:25
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Cargo cult! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 07:23
Surely expeditions have lost materials in the jungles there that could be found -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 07:22 1
- maybe...... -- nm - CQ Feb 1, 07:23

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