Indigenous

Indigenous

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Members of Brazil’s Awa Amazon tribe

are seen in rare video.

INDIGENOUS

the indigenous tribe has

never had contact with outside humans.

Activists warn of growing threats to the tribe

from wood cutters nearing their hunting ground.

The video was taken by a member of the nearby Guajajara tribe, another indigenous group

that protects the local tribes.

Indigenous describes a plant, animal or person

that is native to an area.

Indigenous people or things

belong to the country or place in which they are found , rather than coming there or being brought there from another place.