The Mashco-Piro tribe are among the uncontacted native people that live in Manú National Park, in the Madre de Dios region of Peru. The Peruvian Amazon is home to an estimated 15 uncontacted tribes, almost all nomads that change location across the rainforest depending on the season, rainy or dry. However, the term “uncontacted” is rather imprecise given the fact that there are very few tribes that have managed to completely avoid contact with the outside world, choosing only to engage with neighboring tribes.
Many of these tribes are nomadic, and over the past several decades have been forced to move constantly in order to avoid contact with modern settlers. The tribes that defiantly resist contact with the outside world by living deep inside the Amazon rainforest are referred to as “indigenous peoples in isolation”. Being very skilled hunters, they also use handmade bows and arrows to catch animals and fish for food. They use the fertile soil for agriculture, growing fruits, and vegetables such as corn and beans. Most of the Amazon tribes that live by the rivers are in contact with the rest of the world. The Amazon rainforest today still houses many indigenous tribes, some of which are referred to as “uncontacted” - tribes continuously trying to live by the rules of nature alone.ĭivided into around 400 tribes, Indians of the Amazon rainforest live in settled villages by the rivers, or as nomads deep inside the forest. People have always been a part of the rich biodiversity of Amazonia as it is the ancestral home to more than one million native Indians. The largest tropical rainforest in the world, the Amazon jungle spreads over 5.5 million km² and has been the life-giving home to countless species for millions of years.
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