The last remaining member of an uncontacted Brazilian indigenous tribe has died, Brazil's indigenous protection agency said. He was known as the 'Man of the Hole,' and had lived in complete isolation for the past 26 years.
Known as the"Man of the Hole," he had lived in complete isolation for the past 26 years on the Tanaru indigenous land, deep in the Brazilian Amazon in Rondonia state, according to non-profit organization Survival International.He was given his nickname for his habit of constructing deep holes to trap animals and to hide in, the group said. The man had resisted all attempts to be contacted, though authorities continued to monitor him from afar, occasionally leaving out supplies for him.
Read More"No outsider knew this man's name, or even very much about his tribe -- and with his death the genocide of his people is complete," said Fiona Watson, the group's research and advocacy director. "For this was indeed a genocide -- the deliberate wiping out of an entire people by cattle ranchers hungry for land and wealth."The man's body was found lying in a hammock in a hut by Funai officials on August 23.
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