A young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe in the Amazon returned home to his people after making brief contact with a riverine community in Brazil’s southwestern Amazon. The encounter, which took place on Wednesday evening, was captured on smartphone video showing the man carrying two logs and seemingly calm despite being barefoot.
According to Brazilian authorities, officials from the country’s Indigenous affairs agency, Funai, arrived at the scene soon after and took the young man into custody. He was later assessed by a team of health professionals for potential exposure to diseases against which isolated Indigenous tribes have no immunity.
The next day, on Thursday afternoon, the young man returned to his tribe, raising concerns about the risk of outsiders reaching the isolated group’s location. As a policy, Brazil does not actively seek contact with these groups but instead establishes protected and monitored areas, such as Mamoriá Grande, near where the encounter occurred. Surveillance has been established to prevent future interactions.
Source: https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-indigenous-rainforest-tribe-33b466dd83bf7387979d66b178672e33