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In the middle of the forest in the interior of the state of Rondônia, the last survivor of an indigenous tribe resists contact with the civilization of the white man. The reasons for the decision are not lacking. After having his last members assassinated by farmers in 1995, the "Indian alone" maintains traditions, customs and wisdom that disappear in the incredulous eyes of pale faces.
The first time that it was sighted by the Guaporé Ethno-Environmental Protection Front (FPE Guaporé), based at Alta Floresta (RO), was June 1996. The discovery came after news of the same day. a group of loggers who pointed out the existence of an Indian. , a cabin, traps and a hole that would later be dubbed the village.
"We came to stay two hours in front of the hut to convince him to leave, but he armed himself in it," says the server of the Indian Foundation (Funai), Altair Algayer, also coordinator of FPE Guaporé .
After the existence of the indigenous land survivor (TI) Tanaru was confirmed, the FUNAI used legal devices to prohibit the area. Thus, by means of Funai Presidential Ordinance No. 1040, dated October 16, 2015, the demarcated area of 8,070 hectares was closed for another 10 years.
The first prohibitions had already occurred in the 1990s, when there was confirmation of an isolated Indian
TI indigenous Tanaru are victims of historical events in the Amazon since the decade in 1980, when rampant colonization, the establishment of farms and the illegal logging of forests in Rondônia have led to successive attacks against isolated indigenous populations living in these areas, resulting in expulsions of their lands and deaths
By the end of 1995, the group of TI Tanaru, probably already small, according to local staff, became a single person [19659009] The Funai Since then, he has conducted 57 investigations to monitor "isolated natives" over the last 10 years, in addition to 40 trips to TI Tanaru's surveillance and protection activities.
The images that ran the world, showing "The Indian of the Hole", were obtained by chance during FPE Guaporé's actions within TI Tanaru. Funai said that, thanks to the surveillance of the area, there has been no logging, deforestation and presence of strangers within the confines of the computer for five years .
Today, according to the FUNAI, the indigenous lives near the border of four southern state municipalities, specifically in Corumbiara, a remote municipality of a little more 700 kilometers from Porto Velho.
Hole dug by the isolated Indian. FONCI believes that construction is by religious action. (Photo: Reproduction) [FBISC] / Funai)
Altaïr Algayer explains that it took a long time to make images: "This n & # 39; "It's not just the arrival and the visit of the Indian, but the few times we were able to locate him, he fled quickly and photographed or filmed it," says the FUNAI server.
The only the images that prove the existence of "the Indian alone" were made when he was not there. " Only once did I look at it very closely, but as I had no way of recording that moment, as he did not understand our language, I used several gestures.
The most complete recording comes from the Indians dwelling: a hut, popularly known as tapiri, a structure made of wood chips and bark, palm trees and snoring of wood, covered with straw from floor to ceiling.
But the properties built by the Indian alone have a special touch: the existence of a hole. To date, FPE Guaporé has located 48 Indian homes.
"The first thing he does is dig a hole, so build the house." The action, apparently, has no function in our eyes, but I believe the practice is related to your religion.He alone can explain the function of it.It does not sleep inside and does not keep anything.The net is armed at the top of the hole, "says Altair.
Altair also believes The iron tools, found with her in 1996, indicate that there was a closeness to humans before first contact with Funa's servers.
"Her contact with our company was very close, because there were roads made by loggers in the forest. He may have followed this occupation, where he certainly took tools along the way, "he assumes.
But even tools do not stand the test of time. When the team sees that they are no longer good, they give others.
"He accepts machetes, axes and stoves in some cases only when they are left near his house.We also donated some seeds, since she lost all her cultivation in 1996. Today hui, the Indian keeps a crop of potato, cassava, papaya for sustenance, explains the server.
The decision of the indigenous tribes to isolate themselves in the forest, far from the 39, white man and his culture is a fact still common in the state of Rondônia, according to Altaïr.
"In 1995, there was a group of four people who no longer had genetic conditions to reproduce between them. In the municipality of Alvorada of Oeste, there is an isolated group with three people in the native land of Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau and others at the border with the Mato Grosso, "he recalls.
The isolation, in the eyes of the servant, seems logical to most tribes after the first contacts with the white man that resulted in clashes and the loss of territory. "I think that they think that" the experience was not very good, so it's not worth it to approach these people, "reflects Altair.
Hypothesis shared by the president of an ethnic ethnic defense organization in the state, the ecologist and indigenousist Ivaneide Bandeira, who contributed to the demarcation of TI Tanuru.
"He saw his people die. I think that he ended up developing the fear and anger of a white man. He does not trust anyone. Therefore, he does not want to contact anyone who has destroyed his people. He does not know who to trust. He flees all contact, "says the environmentalist.
But loneliness also worries the FUNAI team because being alone, the lonely Indian can be bitten by an animal or be hurt and have no one to help him. "In an emergency situation, he has to face great difficulties.The activities that he develops today can also be compromised because of old age (50 to 60 years)," explains Altayr
For the environmentalist and indigenousist Ivaneide Bandeira, the lonely Indian represents something much larger.
"It exemplifies the resistance of a people constantly slaughtered in the name from the agribusiness. The struggle of a man who shows the inertia of the state in the protection of these areas and who fails to prevent the genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil. This shows that much remains to be done to prevent this from happening to the 113 isolated peoples of Brazil, including eight in the state of Rondônia. It is the biggest symbol of the resistance of a people who is fighting for his life, "says the environmentalist.
