Over one hundred tribes around the world choose to reject contact with outsiders. They are the most vulnerable peoples on the planet.
Many of them are living on the run, fleeing invasions of their land by colonists, loggers, oil crews and cattle ranchers. They have often seen their friends and families die at the hands of outsiders, in unreported massacres or epidemics.
This is their story.
The massacre of the Cinta Larga Indians
‘Don't be afraid of us, we are good people’
The Sentinelese of the Andaman Islands
Visiting the Andaman Islanders
On the run – Ayoreo in Paraguay
A unique 'first contact' with the Korubo of Brazil
‘Indians are worse than animals. They’re not even good to eat.’
Why are uncontacted tribes under siege?
8 May 2008
Peru: Government drops plans to open up uncontacted tribes’ reserves
7 May 2008
Paraguay: Ayoreo Indian dies after first contact
2 May 2008
Global: Uncontacted tribes 'at risk of extinction' UN forum is told
22 April 2008
Peru: Judge issues statement in uncontacted tribes court case
Some people think uncontacted tribes are stone age relics doomed to disappear sooner or later. But history proves this is not true - as long as they are secure in their own lands. If their lands are protected, they face a happier, healthier and more prosperous future than most of the people around them.
Uncontacted tribal people cannot speak directly to those in power - they need your help to do so. Please stand up for their right to freedom.
The isolated Indians of south-east Peru are being invaded by loggers and oil crews. Please tell the authorities there to respect the Indians' rights to their own land.
The Supreme Court ordered that the illegal road bulldozed through the Jarawa's reserve should be closed, but the government keeps it open. Please tell them to obey their own courts, and close the road.
The isolated Ayoreo-Totobiegosode Indians are constantly on the run, as bulldozers chase them from one corner of their forest to another. Please tell the government to abide by its own laws, and title the Indians' land to them so they can live in peace.
