Mascho Piro tribe: Peruvian government to make first contact with indigenous rainforest tribe [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Mascho Piro tribe: Peruvian government to make first contact with indigenous rainforest tribe
Siobhan Fenton
Wednesday 22 July 2015

Anthropologists are preparing to make contact for the first time with an Amazonian tribe which lives in isolation in the rainforest.

Mashco Piro Indians are a community of around 600 nomadic people who continually move through the forest. Little is known about the group. The Peruvian government prohibits contact with the Mashco Piro Indians and a dozen other “uncontacted” tribes.

The government says that ban on contact protects the indigenous groups whose immune systems are unable to protect against common diseases.

However, English language Peruvian news outlet Peru This Week says that the government has now been forced to review their policy and has now given Anthropologists permission to engage with the group. This is due to the fact that in recent times, tribes people from Mascho Piro have been frequently spotted emerging from their community and seem to be trying to contact the wider world.

More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mascho-piro-tribe-peruvian-government-to-make-first-contact-with-indigenous-rainforest-tribe-10406614.html