The Flecheiros are one of the uncontacted peoples in the Javari region of the Amazon. Their ambiguous name simply means "arrow shooters".

Language

Flecheiro
RegionJavari
unattested
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologflec1235

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

In 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]

The 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

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Flecheiros". Glottolog 4.3.
  2. ↑ "‘Uncontacted’ Amazon Tribe Members Reported Killed in Brazil" By SHASTA DARLINGTON SEPT. 10, 2017 New York Times
  3. ↑ The Last Stand of the Amazon’s Arrow People By SCOTT WALLACE SEPT. 23, 2017
  4. ↑ 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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