There are many threats that uncontacted tribes endure, away from the rest of the world. Tourism has caused many new threats to these uncontacted tribes, such as, new diseases, chance of government involvement, and many more. As the government attempts to lure out many different uncontacted tribes; they are unintentionally bringing in diseases, which has resulted in many deaths in the tribes. The uncontacted tribes face threats from illegal drug traffickers and loggers, as they are destroying their land and harming their people. As the tribes continue to thrive they will continue to be harmed by these new threats. Tourism has begun to boom in the areas where these indigenous tribes stay. As these tourist come in they bring many new threats. “Once tourists encroach on the area and bring disease to the tribal members, the results could be catastrophic. Also, any tourists subsequently killed by tribal members, would force the government to retaliate and ultimately clear the area” (Dobson 7). The tribes see these new people as threats, and defend …show more content…
“Cecilio recalls his first contact with an outsider—thought to have been an ethnographer and photographer—who left the villagers with a gift of a fishbone necklace. Shortly thereafter, much of the tribe came down with a sore throat and fever and 200 of them died. In the 1980s, up to 400 Peruvian villagers died from passing contact with crews of Shell oil company workers” (Kluger 12). As these tribes haven’t experienced many of these diseases, they are very susceptible to common diseases. For example, diseases like the simple cold, the flu, and the whooping cough brought a tribe that was at 5,000 people down to just 550 (Kluger 2). Common diseases that are very treatable for the modern world, managed to kill so much of the uncontacted