Under the Sun S05E07 · Dreams from the Forest

Overview

There are only 150 Mehinacu left in the world. They live in one village in the middle of the Xingu Reserve in Central Brazil. Forty years ago they were first contacted by the 'Whiteman' in the guise of Leonardo Villas-Boas, the celebrated anthropologist who established the Indian Reserve for them and neighbouring tribes. Their culture has been protected but their psychological well-being is less clear.

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