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Incredible photos offer first glimpse of uncontacted Amazon tribe

Published  November 21, 2016 1:03pm CST
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FOX 32 Chicago
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"Uncontacted Yanomami seen from the air in the center of their yano, estimated to be home to around 100 individuals." Credit: © Guilherme Gnipper Trevisan/Hutukara

(FoxNews.com) - New aerial photos offer the first glimpse of an uncontacted tribe in the Brazilian Amazon that experts warn could be in danger of being wiped out.

The photos reveal a village in northern Brazil’s remote Yanomami indigenous territory that is estimated to be home to around 100 people.

The village, which is close to the Venezuelan border, has a typical Yanomami ‘yano’ – a large communal house for several families that can be seen in the images. Each of the yano’s square sections is home to a different family, where they hang their hammocks, maintain fires and keep food stores, according to tribal advocacy group Survival International.

Survival International warns that the area where the tribe lives is in danger of being over-run by 5,000 illegal gold miners, raising serious fears that they could be wiped out. “Miners have brought diseases like malaria to the region and polluted Yanomami food and water sources with mercury, leading to a serious health crisis,” the group warned, in a press release.

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