of 'uncontacted tribe' spotted in amazon (invludes photographs of tribesmen)

'Uncontacted tribe' sighted in Amazon: Photos of an uncontacted tribe in the remote parts of the Amazon rainforest in the Brazil Acre region. The photos were taken from a small airplane during 20 hours of flights conducted between April 28 and May 2; and they show tribe members outside thatched huts, surrounded by the dense jungle, pointing bows and arrows up at the camera.

Researchers have produced aerial photos of jungle dwellers who they say are among the few remaining peoples on Earth who have had no contact with the outside world. Taken from a small airplane, the photos show men outside thatched communal huts, necks craned upward, pointing bows toward the air in a remote corner of the Amazonian rainforest.

According to Survival International, a nonprofit group that advocates for the rights of indigenous people, many uncontacted tribes remain in the remote reaches of the Amazonian rainforest in Peru or Brazil. It says,

All are in grave danger of being forced off their land, killed or decimated by new diseases.

Its director, Stephen Corry,

These pictures are further evidence that uncontacted tribes really do exist. The world needs to wake up to this, and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with international law. Otherwise, they will soon be made extinct.

Jose Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Junior, an official in the Brazilian government's Indian affairs department, says

We did the overflight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist. This is very important because there are some who doubt their existence.

There are photos of the tribes at CNN and BBC.

Read more at BBC ("Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil"), Yahoo News ("Rare uncontacted tribe photographed in Amazon") or Survival ("Uncontacted tribe photographed near Brazil-Peru border").