With the recent emergence of the photographs of uncontacted tribes in the Amazon, indigenous isolated tribes have been all over the news. What does the term “uncontacted” actually mean? What strategies are there to protect these people from developers? Answers to your all your burning questions as well as a photo gallery documenting the discovery of these tribes in recent history can all be found on nationalgeographic.com. Take a journey into this unknown world and learn more about these primitive tribes living in remote parts of the world!

Photo Gallery: Uncontacted and Isolated Tribes

http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/gallery/tribe-gallery_uncontacted-tribe.html

News Article: Photos Spur Debate on Protecting “Uncontacted” Tribes

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080603-uncontacted-tribes.html

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Rachel