The Plight of Isolated Tribes of the Amazon

Learn how contact with the outside world has impacted the shrinking number of isolated tribes of indigenous peoples living in the Amazon rain forest in this digital video from American Experience and Retro Reports. Today, there are approximately 100 tribes in the rain forest that have not interacted with the modernized world. A hundred years ago, there were many more. The video presents the tension between development and the traditional lives of indigenous peoples.