Rare uncontacted tribe photographed

[Wailer]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080529/sc_n...l_tribe_dc

What were these tribespeople thinking when they saw a airplane?

What, other than hunting, would they use weapons for? They've obviously had some hostile contact with other people/tribes.

[Paul F.]

What were these tribespeople thinking when they saw a airplane?

"You know, we've been seeing more and more of those damn things...
I'm starting to think maybe those guys way over on the east side of the mountain weren't bullsh!tting us about those "air-planes""

What, other than hunting, would they use weapons for? They've obviously had some hostile contact with other people/tribes.

"Now I kinda feel bad for killing those folks for bullsh!tting us...".


Just because they've "never been contacted" directly, doesn't mean they're ignorant savages... necessarily. Of course, they might be. But I think there's every reasonable chance they've had enough contact with other tribes/groups that have had direct dealings with "the outside world" that they're not completely ignorant of the rest of the world.

Certainly would be an interesting group of folks to meet...
(heck, the chance for genetic testing of an isolated group like that alone is worth the trip!... assuming they're interested in helping us out).

[shadow]

Throw 'em a Coke bottle and I'm sure hilarity will ensue.

[blooz]

Their lives are about to change for the worse.

[OWC Jamie]

[quote Wailer]They've obviously had some hostile contact with other people/tribes.
That's been going on for thousands of years.
Interesting that we still have a right to bear arms ?
:-)


There are supposedly quite a few more 'lost civilizations'.


Just when you thought the liberal missionaries had touched everyone, someone turns over another rock somewhere.

I've seen some (of thier) relatives under an overpass in San Diego.
[some people just don't read thier e-mails like they should]

[lafinfil]

[quote shadow]Throw 'em a Coke bottle and I'm sure hilarity will ensue.

[guitarist]

OH yes, by all means, let's romanticize the noble tribe members, for they are pure and deserving of special dignity and awe. It's just a tribe. I imagine they've seen airplanes before. They've probably invented a whole religious ritual, or war ceremony, based on these peculiar bird-like appearances.

"Just because they've "never been contacted" directly, doesn't mean they're ignorant savages"

Who said they were? And how do we know? Maybe some of them are smart, and others might be as dumb as pancakes. Some might be benevolent, others might be ritual murderers. Just because they're stone-age people in the 21st century doesn't mean they're savages, true. But it also doesn't mean they're thrilled to be barefoot and living in a rain forest. For all we know, they might be thrilled to have a hot shower, or eager to imagine a future where their children could someday read books, or see the outside world. Or, they might want to shoot arrows at planes, and have their destiny remain relatively untouched. Who knows?

Interesting article about policy failures associated with romanticizing indigenous tribes in Australia. A different kind of situation entirely (a long history of cross cultural influences) but an insightful tale about misguided good intentions:

Intellectuals, indigenes, and denial
Roger Sandall

http://www.rogersandall.com:80/Spiked_Do...lemmas.php

[Paul F.]

Yes.. that was more or less my point.

Perhaps I used too few words for you?

Now that you've expounded at length, do you feel superior?

[guitarist]

[quote Paul F.]Yes.. that was more or less my point.

Perhaps I used too few words for you?

Now that you've expounded at length, do you feel superior?
LOL

no no, if I'd expounded "at length" it would have been at least seven more paragraphs, that was a short one!

Not meant as a direct challenge to you, Paul, but to the drift of what you and others were suggesting, yes. But I also included your point in mine, instead of being fully contrary to it. The main difference was, I was defending the possibility that they might, in fact, BE ignorant savages. Maybe they're dying to leave their fig leaves behind, get some pants and shoes, get ON that airplane, not chase it away!

In the Australian case, right-thinking policy makers instituted a "Sorry Day" to apologize to befuddled Aboriginals, for contaminating their special native culture with white civilization. Including trying to restore Aboriginal children to their original families, to be raised exclusively within the tribe, forbidding the practice of adoption by white people, in a misguided effort to preserve their indigenous identity. As it turns out, many of them actually want their offspring to be adopted into the mainstream, to have better opportunities than they did.

These tribe members might be throwing pointy sticks in the air, trying to bring down that airplane because they want to see it up close, and maybe go for a ride in one!

Or...at least it's an alternative to imagining that they're trying to chase away the big Satan Dragon Bird. Maybe they're yelling "wait, come back!" or "drop some of those roasted peanuts!"

[wowzer]

If you look really carefully at the left foot of the top Indian, you can see a Nike swirl.