Tribe in Amazon Rainforest makes first contact with outside world

Undated handout picture released January 31, 2011 by Survival International of of what they say are uncontacted Indians seen from a Brazilian government's observation aircraft in the Brazilian Amazon forest, near the border with Peru. The Indians appear be to healthy and could be running from Peru due to a invasion of their lands by loggers. AFP PHOTO/Gleison Miranda/FUNAI/Survival - FOR DETAILS GO TO : www.uncontactedtribes.org - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo credit should read Gleison Miranda/AFP/Getty Images)

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10 July 2014 at 20:42 (Updated on 14 September 2020 at 11:47)

An isolated indigenous tribe in the Amazon Rainforest has made its first contact with mainstream society, according to the Brazilian government’s Indian affairs department, FUNAI.

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