The Flecheiros are one of the uncontacted peoples in the Javari region of the Amazon. Their ambiguous name simply means "arrow shooters".
Language
edit| Flecheiro | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Javari |
| Ethnicity | Flecheiros |
unattested | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | flec1235 |
Ethnographically, the people are similar to the Kanamarí. However, a meeting between a Kanamarí and the Flecheiros was observed, showing that the two have different languages. Their language is thus unknown and therefore unattested.[1]
History
editIn September 2017, the Brazilian government investigated a reported massacre in August of about 10 members of the tribe who were gathering eggs along a river when they were killed by gold miners. The miners had bragged about "cutting up the bodies and throwing them in the river."[2][3]
In popular culture
editThe Flecheiros are the subject of a book called The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes, by Scott Wallace. The 2011 National Geographic edition details the 76-day expedition in 2002, led by famed indigenous activist Sydney Possuelo, who attempted to find the status of the Flecheiros in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Land.[4]
References
edit- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Flecheiros". Glottolog 4.3.
- ^ "‘Uncontacted’ Amazon Tribe Members Reported Killed in Brazil" By SHASTA DARLINGTON SEPT. 10, 2017 New York Times
- ^ The Last Stand of the Amazon’s Arrow People By SCOTT WALLACE SEPT. 23, 2017
- ^ Scott Wallace (August 2003). "The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes". Archived from the original on March 26, 2008.
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