http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/ Beyond bones & stones Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:33:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-14522 dm Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:20:48 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-14522 Lan Xin - you are an idiot. It is a known fact that the diseases we carry in our body that do not harm us will absolutely kill people living in tribes that have never had contact with the outside world. What makes you think that introducing disease is beneficial. Furthermore, how can you think that their own medicines are not capable of maintaining their own good health. It is another fact that many of our "modern" medicines come from the depths of the jungles in the first place. As far as technology goes, what kind of things could we offer a group of people that have survived for 1000's of years without what we depend on? Lan Xin – you are an idiot. It is a known fact that the diseases we carry in our body that do not harm us will absolutely kill people living in tribes that have never had contact with the outside world. What makes you think that introducing disease is beneficial. Furthermore, how can you think that their own medicines are not capable of maintaining their own good health. It is another fact that many of our “modern” medicines come from the depths of the jungles in the first place. As far as technology goes, what kind of things could we offer a group of people that have survived for 1000’s of years without what we depend on?

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-12530 Blog for Anthro 104, Fall 08, UMass Amherst » Blog Archive » The Legacy of Altamira (re: “Kayapo: Out of the Forest”) Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:56:09 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-12530 [...] Today, there are still some tribes, or tribal subgroups, that have been resisting contact and exchange with the West and have tried to remain isolated (including a Kayapo-Metyktire subgroup).  Read about some of them at Anthropology.net. [...] [...] Today, there are still some tribes, or tribal subgroups, that have been resisting contact and exchange with the West and have tried to remain isolated (including a Kayapo-Metyktire subgroup).  Read about some of them at Anthropology.net. [...]

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11423 Anne Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:56:59 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11423 The so called 'civilized world' should just leave them alone and not make contact with them again. Yes it was pretty awesome to see some photos of a tribe that had never been seen by us before, and yes i'd like to know more about them, BUT who are we to probe and delve into the lives of a civilization that has more than likely been around longer than we have? Leave them be! We should be probing and delving into matters that concern our race not theirs! Thank god for Survival International and NOT the government! The so called ‘civilized world’ should just leave them alone and not make contact with them again. Yes it was pretty awesome to see some photos of a tribe that had never been seen by us before, and yes i’d like to know more about them, BUT who are we to probe and delve into the lives of a civilization that has more than likely been around longer than we have? Leave them be! We should be probing and delving into matters that concern our race not theirs! Thank god for Survival International and NOT the government!

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11276 derek Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:04:25 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11276 Leave the uncontacted people alone! We are less 'advanced' than they are, if you look at what we have done to the world! Leave the uncontacted people alone! We are less ‘advanced’ than they are, if you look at what we have done to the world!

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11213 Aryuu Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:22:56 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11213 Beyond the points made by KK, I believe that we have a tendency to act in stepping-stone behavior. If we take a small step to interfere with their medicine for what -we- accept as bettering their lives, we may soon find justification for more frequent, larger interferences. Their way has worked for them for a very long time. It's unfair to impose our way upon them, simply because we believe it is better. For an example most people can relate to - door-to-door religious missionaries that try to solicit their religion to you. They believe it will save you, but you're probably more than content living your current beliefs. Even some modern-day "cures" - only work because we believe they will. Why take that away from them? Beyond the points made by KK, I believe that we have a tendency to act in stepping-stone behavior. If we take a small step to interfere with their medicine for what -we- accept as bettering their lives, we may soon find justification for more frequent, larger interferences.
Their way has worked for them for a very long time. It’s unfair to impose our way upon them, simply because we believe it is better. For an example most people can relate to – door-to-door religious missionaries that try to solicit their religion to you. They believe it will save you, but you’re probably more than content living your current beliefs.
Even some modern-day “cures” – only work because we believe they will. Why take that away from them?

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11180 Tammy C Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:05:26 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11180 It's obvious that these tribes have survived for hundreds of years without the conveniences of modern day society. There is a great lesson to be learned from these tribes. They are self sufficient requiring only the basic needs that they are able to provide through hunting and fishing, and the abundance of edible vegetation in the rain forest. These people do not need or want to be "civilized". Look at what civilization is doing to the rest of the world with our increased crime, poverty, homelessness, destruction of our planet and much much more. We need to leave these people alone and let them continue to live in the harmonious lifestyle they apparently love. I am grateful that Survival International made these photos available for the world to see. My only concern is the fear that the tribal people must have felt when the enormeous big bird (airplane) flew over them. We should all pray for these people. Perhaps we can all learn a valuable lesson from these so called "uncivilized" people, especially when we see what "civilized" people are doing to our planet and mankind. It’s obvious that these tribes have survived for hundreds of years without the conveniences of modern day society. There is a great lesson to be learned from these tribes. They are self sufficient requiring only the basic needs that they are able to provide through hunting and fishing, and the abundance of edible vegetation in the rain forest. These people do not need or want to be “civilized”. Look at what civilization is doing to the rest of the world with our increased crime, poverty, homelessness, destruction of our planet and much much more. We need to leave these people alone and let them continue to live in the harmonious lifestyle they apparently love. I am grateful that Survival International made these photos available for the world to see. My only concern is the fear that the tribal people must have felt when the enormeous big bird (airplane) flew over them. We should all pray for these people. Perhaps we can all learn a valuable lesson from these so called “uncivilized” people, especially when we see what “civilized” people are doing to our planet and mankind.

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11145 ModBlog - Week in the news: 5/25 - 5/31/08 - Body modification and ritual blog sponsored by BMEzine.com Sat, 31 May 2008 16:03:11 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11145 [...] To end it on an international (and “slightly” older) note, here’s a short but interesting article submitted by MrNoModifications: Members of believed-to-be-extinct Metyktire tribe show up in ‘civilized’ world, sporting huge lip plates (in German); more in English [...] [...] To end it on an international (and “slightly” older) note, here’s a short but interesting article submitted by MrNoModifications: Members of believed-to-be-extinct Metyktire tribe show up in ‘civilized’ world, sporting huge lip plates (in German); more in English [...]

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11117 Aerial Photos of Uncontacted People at the Brazilian-Peruvian Border « Anthropology.net Fri, 30 May 2008 18:05:32 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-11117 [...] I don’t really appreciate how the press is handling this news. There’s a lot of conjecture being spun, such as absurd captions that read, “The tribespeople are likely to think the plane that took this photograph is a spirit or large bird.” Really? How do you know for sure that they think the plane is a bird or a spirit, Michael Hanlon?  Perhaps they are just scared out of their mind that there are people in the air? I think it is pretty pitiful that outsiders people really belittled tribal peoples. Anyways, it is pretty phenomenal news. The irony is that last year, almost to the date, another previously uncontacted tribe in the Amazon was discovered — the Metyktire. [...] [...] I don’t really appreciate how the press is handling this news. There’s a lot of conjecture being spun, such as absurd captions that read, “The tribespeople are likely to think the plane that took this photograph is a spirit or large bird.” Really? How do you know for sure that they think the plane is a bird or a spirit, Michael Hanlon?  Perhaps they are just scared out of their mind that there are people in the air? I think it is pretty pitiful that outsiders people really belittled tribal peoples. Anyways, it is pretty phenomenal news. The irony is that last year, almost to the date, another previously uncontacted tribe in the Amazon was discovered — the Metyktire. [...]

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-9373 Jota Zeta Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:36:41 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-9373 Hmm. Yes and no. To say that natives live healthy lives, then Westerners come and suddenly natives start dying of say measles has a grain of truth. Measles has devastated indigenous populations in the past but a healthy jungle inhabitant is like a snowball's chance in hell. There is simply too much malaria, onchocerciasis, parasitosis, that nobody is healthy in the Amazon. Live and let die then? Unless we could send sterile anthropological robots, I think these peoples deserve to be contacted (by healthy and specialized people, not garimpeiros) and their lives improved healthwise. A bunch of 87 is proof many more died of disease or warfare. But only if we hold back our MacDonalds, video, ipod mentality. Hmm. Yes and no. To say that natives live healthy lives, then Westerners come and suddenly natives start dying of say measles has a grain of truth. Measles has devastated indigenous populations in the past but a healthy jungle inhabitant is like a snowball’s chance in hell. There is simply too much malaria, onchocerciasis, parasitosis, that nobody is healthy in the Amazon. Live and let die then? Unless we could send sterile anthropological robots, I think these peoples deserve to be contacted (by healthy and specialized people, not garimpeiros) and their lives improved healthwise. A bunch of 87 is proof many more died of disease or warfare. But only if we hold back our MacDonalds, video, ipod mentality.

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-5501 Luis Bello Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:46:52 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/02/contacting-the-metyktire-tribe-in-the-amazon/#comment-5501 Soy venezolano y me parece realmente increíble que aún existan comunidades indígenas que nunca han tenido contacto con la civilización moderna. Gran regalo del tiempo tener una ventana para apreciar la forma, creencias y costumbres que tantos años han estado "invisibles"... Soy venezolano y me parece realmente increíble que aún existan comunidades indígenas que nunca han tenido contacto con la civilización moderna. Gran regalo del tiempo tener una ventana para apreciar la forma, creencias y costumbres que tantos años han estado “invisibles”…

]]>