Encounter Between Oil Prospectors & Isolated Tribe

[Judi Lynn]

Encounter Between Oil Prospectors & Isolated Tribe
Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 12:02 pm

Peru: Reports Of 'Encounter' Between Oil Workers And Isolated Indians
Unconfirmed reports indicate that a team prospecting for oil deep in the Peruvian Amazon has encountered a village belonging to previously-uncontacted Indians.

The men, who were working for the Canadian company Petrolifera, allegedly came across houses, paths and utensils. If the reports are true, the Indians are members of the Cacataibo tribe.

Two groups of Cacataibo Indians remain uncontacted, although their territory is cut in two by a major highway, and it has also been opened up for oil exploration by the government.
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Survival's Director Stephen Corry said today, 'If these reports are true, it's very worrying indeed. Whether true or not, this land belongs to the Indians; the UN says so, international law says so, Peruvian law agrees. The fact that the Indians are uncontacted does not lessen their rights. The company is invading Cacataibo land, and it will be responsible for the consequences.'

More:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00145.htm

[cally]

1. I had no idea there were so many groups of

uncontacted Native tribes. Thanks for posting this.