After avoiding years of contact with the outside world, an Indigenous man known only as “The Man of the Hole,” has died, according to Brazil’s government agency the National Indian Foundation. The man was the only inhabitant of the Tanaru Indigenous Territory in the western Amazon.The agency first confirmed the Native man’s death on Saturday. In a note written in Portuguese, the agency said that he had been living in isolation for at least 26 years and was the only survivor of his community. His ethnicity, they said, was not known. The Last of his Tribe by Survival International on Vimeo Agency officials found his body inside a hammock at his hut on Aug. 23 during a round of monitoring and territorial surveillance, they said, adding there were no traces of other people, violence or struggle at the site. They believe his death was due to natural causes and said a medical examiner will confirm what caused his passing.His home, hut No. 53, still contained belongings and utensils in their proper places.According to Indigenous rights organization Survival International, “The Man of the Hole” was one of the few survivors of a series of attacks against his tribe that started in…
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Last member of Indigenous Brazilian tribe dies – Yahoo
