Pictures taken by an automatic camera have provided the world with the first look at an uncontacted Amazon community that is thought to be growing, despite pressure from agribusiness, miners, loggers and drug traffickers.
The pictures, taken in February, have been made public by Brazilian government agency the National Indigenous Peoples Foundation .
The cameras were placed at the spot where Funai leaves metal implements as gifts, with the aim of dissuading the community from venturing into logging camps or farms to get tools, The Guardian reported. Previous indirect observation had revealed the Massaco hunted with three-metre long bows, and to move their villages around within the forest, depending on the season.
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