The Mashco-Piro appeared suddenly on the paths snaking through this beautiful, leafy village, armed with nearly seven-foot-long bamboo arrows sharpened to a knife edge.
“Why do you want to kill me?” Shipetiari’s sub-chief, a small but intimidating woman named Rufina Rivera, hollered when she first encountered the Mashco in January.
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Peru Plans to Contact Isolated Amazon Tribe
The Peruvian government plans to make its first contact
with the Mashco Piro, an isolated tribe that live in the Amazon rainforest.
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