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November 14th, 2008
Posted: 06:09 PM ET
By Arthur Brice The Totobiegosode tribe, said to number no more than 300, is the last group of uncontacted Indians in South America outside of the Amazon River basin, indigenous rights groups say. The Totobiegosode, who are part of the larger Ayoreo ethnic group, are nomadic Indians who hunt and fish, as well as gather fruit and honey and cultivate small temporary plots during the rainy season. They live communally, four to six families to a dwelling, in the dense forests of northwestern Paraguay. Two Brazilian companies have been rapidly clearing land the Totobiegosode live on, and the tribe has lost nearly 15,000 acres (about 6,000 hectares) this year, according to British-based Survival International, an advocacy organization for the rights of tribal people. A ruling Thursday by Paraguay’s secretary of the environment canceled a special permit for one of the companies, Yaguarete Pora S.A., to clear the land. |
 
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