Posted on 06/24/2008 3:55:09 PM PDT by Daffynition
Recent photos of an "uncontacted tribe" of Indians near the Brazil-Peru border have sparked media reports of a hoax, but the organization that released the images defends its claims and actions.
The photographs, which showed men painted red and black and aiming arrows skyward, were released in late May by Survival International, a London-based organization that advocates for tribal people worldwide. The release stated that "members of one of the world's last uncontacted tribes have been spotted and photographed from the air," and quoted the Brazilian government photographer saying, "there are some who doubt [the tribe's] existence" as justification for flying over the site and taking the pictures.
Some of the media published the images at the time with stories saying the tribe previously had been "lost." In fact, a LiveScience column stated that the tribe had "escaped discovery" until the new photos came out.
This week, suspicions about the organization's motivations and the authenticity of the scene were raised. On June 22, The Observer, a London-based newspaper, ran a story, "Secret of the 'lost' tribe that wasn't," saying that the tribe's existence "has been noted since 1910." A succession of other stories followed on the Web, claiming that reports of the tribe's discovery were a hoax.
No hoax
Today, Survival International released a statement to try to clarify things, including: "The story is not a hoax, and none of those involved in working to protect these Indians' rights have ever claimed they were 'undiscovered.'"
Survival never claimed that the tribe was lost. The story got out of control, says Fiona Watson, Survival's Brazil expert, as a result of irresponsible reporting.
"Some of the media got very carried away and started talking about undiscovered tribes," Watson told LiveScience. "There was this interpretation that this was a completely new tribe ...
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did they cut those trees down???? bad indian!!! bad!
funny...they will go in and dart all of them...measure them weigh them...put a satellite tracking collar on them...
Stay tuned ....
I think I’m glad I missed that film.;)
That was the funniest damn movie...
BUT, BUT....... don’t we have a moral obligation to educate them about global warming? Shouldn’t we tell them about their carbon footprints?
Not to mention, how do they treat their gay lesbian and transgendered members of the tribe?
Some stories have all the ancestors of these people living outside civilization all the way back. Okay, sure. How would anybody know that?
It is nice to know that even at this late date, there are still free people somewhere on earth.
'Not to mention, how do they treat their gay lesbian and transgendered members of the tribe?'
You tell 'em, Sparky. I'll guarantee you those arrows won't be aiming for the sky. *THWIP*THWIP*THWIP*THWIP* LOL
Not a hoax.
You’re drinking without me? BRB ... I’ll have to catch up! ;)
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