Metyktire people

The Metyktire is a native people who live on the Menkregnoti reservation in the Amazon basin. [1] They are estimated to have about 87 members. They were discovered in May 2007 when two tribesmen entered a Kayapo-tribe village in the Menkregnoti reservation. The Metyktire form part of the Kayapo people and speak an archaic version of the Kayapo language. [2]

When discovered, they had not had any known contact with Western civilization. This was attributed to their location on the 12,100,000-acre (49,000 km2) reservation, in an area difficult to access due to dense jungle and lack of nearby rivers. The Metyktire are a subgroup of the Kayapo tribe, but had little to no recent contact with them until two members visited a Kayapo village in May 2007.[3] The Kayapo believe the Metyktire formed when several families fled deeper into the jungle in the 1950s.[3]

Neither men nor women wear clothes. Men wear penis-protection. The women shave their heads.

References

  1. ↑ Reuters via the Irish Times, "'Unknown' tribe found in Amazon" 1 June 2007
  2. ↑ Associated Press via the San Francisco Chronicle, "Indian Tribe Found in Brazil's Amazon", June 1 2007
  3. 1 2 "Uncontacted Indian tribe found in Brazil's Amazon". Associated Press. 2007-06-01.


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