Video released of natives emerging from Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil
Members of indigenous group speak of being attacked and of deaths from flu and diphtheria
The first video footage of isolated native people has been released, after they emerged from the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil and made contact with native inhabitants.
The video shows indigenous people from the Panoan linguistic group making contact with the Ashaninka native people along the banks of the Envira River, near the Peruvian border.
In one scene, an ethnic Ashaninka in athletic shorts gives bananas to two loincloth-clad natives who appear wary of approaching, quickly grabbing the fruit and then retreating.
Brazilian experts said the indigenous people probably crossed the border from Peru facing pressure from illegal logging and drug trafficking at home.
After the native people made initial contact with the Ashaninka on June 26, a team from Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) travelled to the area and filmed a second encounter on June 30, according to news portal G1, which posted the video online.