New drone shots show isolated Amazonian tribe in Brazil
August 23, 2018
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — New aerial images give a rare glimpse of an isolated tribe in Brazil's Amazon, showing 16 people walking through jungle as well as a deforested area with a crop.
In a clip released Tuesday night, one of the tribespeople appears to be carrying a bow and arrow.
Brazil's agency for indigenous affairs, Funai, said it captured the drone shots during an expedition last year to monitor isolated communities, but only released them now to protect their study.
Researchers monitored the tribe in Vale do Javari, an indigenous territory in the southwestern part of the state of Amazona...
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