The last living member of an indigenous tribe has been found dead. I don't know a lot of the details, but this fellow was apparently living alone after local beef ranchers had killed off most of his tribe in the 1970s. Alone for 25 years at least, completely isolated, and supposedly protected by law since 2007. Just makes you think.
BBC news link
I can't wrap my head around what that must have been like. Anyway, just thought I'd put this here. Curious about peoples thoughts.
It is the nature of man to try and survive, no matter what it takes.
This applies to that entire story since sometimes that survival involves taking things from others.
It's seems crazy to me that his huts resemble what one would look like if any of us were asked to build a hut. A completely isolated indigenous person uses essentially the same logical blueprint.
This saddens me - not only has a human passed away, an entire culture is now gone. I want to know what the holes meant. I never will now. It also saddens me that he was a recluse by circumstance. How lonely he must have been.
Thanks for posting this. Very interesting to read.
I've seen the a few stories about the fellow over the years. Most recently in 2018 when he was spotted and caught on video. Apparently the Brazilian indigenous people bureau had to periodically prove the guy was still alive in order to keep the land federally protected. Initial reports are he appears to have died over a month before being found, in a hammock with no signs of violence. Estimated to be about 60. I wonder if the autopsy report will ever be made public. I wonder how many other "last survivors" are out there right now. Brazil has several uncontacted tribes, and there are more elsewhere. I'm sure this guy had good reason to view outsiders as hostile, but I seem to recall that in the past while he had fired arrows at people who were trying to view him, the reports seemed to indicate that he was firing warning shots more so than actually trying to harm anyone. Unlike that would-be missionary that tried to contact a tribe on that island off of India a couple years back and they killed him immediately. What must our modern world look like to these people? What miracles do we take for granted? What could we teach? What could they teach us? What stories could they tell?
Sorry for rambling. This has been occupying a large part of my mind today. It's an odd juxtaposition with us preparing to take the kids to Disney this weekend. Just load up in the car and drive 450 miles without a care. What a thing.
In reply to barefootcyborg5000 :
I've also read about him over the years. As you said it does make you think.
barefootcyborg5000 said:Unlike that would-be missionary that tried to contact a tribe on that island off of India a couple years back and they killed him immediately.
That moron was killed on his third attempt, they chased him off on the first, on his second they put up with him for a bit and then put an arrow into his bible, on his third attempt they killed him. berkeley that guy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/03/john-chau-christian-missionary-death-sentinelese
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