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We See You, But You Do Not See Us

The Voice Of An Uncontacted Amazon Tribe

Dennis • M.Sc.
5 min readSep 18, 2024

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We are the People of the Forest, Keepers of the River, Children of the Earth. You don’t know who we are, but we know illness when we see it. We have heard these loud machines from afar, and we have seen the strange birds up in the skies that do not flap their wings. We’ve felt the vibrations of the earth beneath our feet when our trees are brought down, and we have seen the scars left behind, like unhealed wounds. You call us “uncontacted” and hidden, as if we’re lost or in need of being found. We are neither. We are here; we have been here since the beginning.

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Dennis • M.Sc.

Owner of Nadenco™ 🩵 Sleek Apps for the Mac • https://naden.co • Experienced Software Architect specializing in iOS, macOS and Emulation development.