SALON

Brazil

"The Unconquered": Tracking isolated Indians in the Brazilian jungle

What's it like to come face-to-face -- almost -- with "uncontacted" Indians? An intrepid journalist talks to Salon

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  • Expedition
    © Scott Wallace
    Expedition boats moving up the Itaquaí River.

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  • One
    © Scott Wallace
    One of the expedition's scouts, Kwini Marubo.

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  • Surrounded
    © Scott Wallace
    Surrounded by scouts, Sydney Possuelo checks the GPS.

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  • Ivan
    © Scott Wallace
    Ivan Arapá discovers a tapir jaw left in a tree cleft by the Arrow People.

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  • Amazon
    © Scott Wallace
    Amazon sunset.

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  • Sydney
    © Scott Wallace
    Sydney Possuelo aboard a canoe on the way home.

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