Rio Pardo Indians

The Rio Pardo Indians are a very small indigenous people of South America in the dense jungle of Mato Grosso in Brazil . It lives absolutely secluded and has no contact with civilization . The size of the tribe is estimated at 50 people. The strain was first described by anthropologists in 1998 . The neighboring tribes call the Rio Pardo Indians "baixinhos" (the little people) or "cabeças vermelhas" (the red heads). It is believed that the Indians are constantly on the move and feed by hunting and gathering. Abandoned community houses with utensils and footprints have been found in rivers.

Threat to the tribe

The Rio Pardo Indians came into the public eye because they are acutely threatened by loggers who cut down their forests and simply shoot Indians they see. It is believed that the extinction of this strain cannot be prevented (as of September 2005).

Web links

• On the threat to the Rio-Pardo on DieNeueEpoche.com
• [1] , [2] Detailed survival-international.de article on the threat to the Rio Pardo Indians