# Uncontacted tribes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncontacted-tribes/569783>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 1, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncontacted-tribes/569783 "2011-02-01T13:25:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncontacted-tribes/569783/1 "2011-02-01T13:25:06Z")

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Is this [real](http://www.uncontactedtribes.org/)?

I remember a discussion last year on this.Could not locate the link.

This is about the amazon tribe photographed by a low flying plane.

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**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncontacted-tribes/569783/2 "2011-02-01T15:34:28Z")

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If you search for “uncontacted tribes” you can find a [bunch of threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=6171014).

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**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncontacted-tribes/569783/3 "2011-02-01T15:44:33Z")

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Pictures in the link you provided show metal blades and cups… they had to get them from someone.

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**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncontacted-tribes/569783/4 "2011-02-01T16:29:14Z")

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They got the metal from trade with other tribes, I’m sure. “Uncontacted” just means that they’ve not had contact with the mainstream/dominant culture, not that they have never had contact with anyone else.

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**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncontacted-tribes/569783/5 "2011-02-01T16:32:20Z")

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This is being reported on the [BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12325690) website, so very likely to be genuine. There are several “uncontacted” tribes in the Amazon.

The pictures show a few metal goods, but they are though to have been obtained through trade with other tribes.