- Metyktire
The Metyktire is a native people who live on the
Menkregnoti reservation in the Amazon basin. [ [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0601/breaking72.htm Reuters via the "Irish Times", "'Unknown' tribe found in Amazon" 1 June 2007] ] They are estimated to have about 87 members. They were discovered in May 2007 when two tribesmen entered aKayapo -tribe village in theMenkregnoti reservation. The Metyktire form part of theKayapo people and speak an archaic version of the Kayapo language. [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/01/international/i194021D74.DTL Associated Press via the "San Francisco Chronicle", "Indian Tribe Found in Brazil's Amazon", June 1 2007] ]When discovered, they had not had any known contact with Western civilization. This was attributed to their location on the convert|12100000|acre|km2|-2|sing=on reservation, in an area difficult to access due to dense jungle and lack of nearby rivers. The Metyktire are a subgroup of the
Kayapo tribe, but had little to no recent contact with them until two members visited a Kayapo village in May 2007.cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/01/america/LA-GEN-Brazil-Indians.php|title=Uncontacted Indian tribe found in Brazil's Amazon|publisher=Associated Press|date=2007-06-01] The Kayapo believe the Metyktire formed when several families fled deeper into the jungle in the 1950s.Neither men nor women wear clothes. Men wear
penis -protection. The women shave their heads.References
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