Namabiche Tribe Threats

Outsiders are the main source of threats to the tribes. By disturbing the people of the tribes they could harm other people. People visiting these places could bring diseases over. People are coming in and taking over their land. There is drug trafficking going on. All of these actions are threats to the tribe and their homes. Disturbing the uncontacted tribes could pose a threat to anyone who approaches their environment. For instance, “Also, any tourists subsequently killed by tribal members, would force the government to retaliate and ultimately clear the area”(Dobson). This quote is showing us that the people are just coming in and trying to take over. The tribe members are not used to dealing with other people so their instinct is to result to violence. By them resulting to violence it could cause the government to have to remove them from their land. Also people coming in can be dangerous to the tribe. Tourists could bring diseases that the tribes have never had to face before and could kill off the tribe. Jeffrey Kluger states that influenza killed about 4,500 people of this tribe wiping out over ⅘ of their tribe. The tribe was destroyed because tourists were bringing over diseases that the tribe did not know how to treat. The Nambikwara tribe had no immune system to fight this disease off …show more content…
For example, “An uncontacted Amazon tribe could be at risk as Brazil makes austerity-driven budget cuts and proposals for constitutional change affecting land rights move through parliament, campaigners have said”(Vaughan). Vaughan shows us that Brazil's government is taking away the rights of this tribe. The governments is only making this convenient for them and they are not caring about the tribes and their rights. The government is only caring about the government and what can give them the most money. This is happening and it is making the tribes lose their place of