New Guinea Tribe's communications with modern man

Isolated Tribe of New Guinea
There are many tribes today which have seen some form of modern technology. The Isolated Tribes of New Guinea however, have not. Until recently. Modern man has come to their village and met with this tribe to show them how we live today.

Communication between the isolated tribe of New Guinea and modern man.
This video depicts how the Isolated tribe communicates with the new world. At first, the people are afraid, but soon adapt to the kindness of the outside people. They learn about new foods, new gadgets, etc. The tribe met modern man on June 23, 2011. This video is a perfect example of the way uncontacted peoples live, and their reaction to us, and how we live.

The Brazilian government has discovered a new tribe in the Amazon. It is just over 700 miles away from Manaus, Brazil. The land they are settled on is a reserve roughly the size of Ireland, but this reserve contains fourteen other tribes. The new tribe is possibly a branch of the korubo tribe. The last time we have ever contacted with the korubo was in October of 1996 and here is a video of them.
It is very rare to contact these tribes due to the Brazilian Policy. The policy doesn’t want other people to communicate with the tribes partly because they don’t want us to disrupt their natural habitat. Another reason is the Brazilian government doesn’t want us to give them diseases they are not immune to yet. We try not to disturb them to keep their population grow. Brazil is constantly watching over them so no one tries to take their land such as ranchers or loggers. “There is massive logging on the Peru side of the Border, and unfortunately the Peru side of this border is a no-man’s land and everything is permitted,” Meirelles. The government refuses to give GPS coordinates because they are scared someone would want to find them. As you can see the government is very protective of these tribes. I think this is very smart. Let these tribes be who they want to be, if they wish to be not bothered, then so be it.

Natural warning signs

Photo: Levi BrownBy Dr. Mehmet OzThe body is an excellent communicator, and often the messages are obvious: Red skin means you've had too much sun; a rumbling stomach means you're running out of fuel. But many other distress signals are less well known. Take a few moments to give yourself a quick check for these surprising warning signs.

If you see: Shortened eyebrowsIt could mean: Thyroid disorder
Hold a pencil perpendicular to the outer corner of your eye; if your eyebrow falls short of the pencil, it could indicate an underactive thyroid. Thyroid hormones have many functions, and one of them is to regulate how quickly your cells replenish themselves. When your levels of thyroid hormones are out of whack, the effect can be seen in almost every cell in your body, even your hair follicles. (You may also notice that the hair on your head has become thinner and drier.) Some other telltale symptoms include weight gain, fatigue, and constipation.
What to do: Your doctor can administer a blood test to measure your hormone levels. If they're low, you'll need prescription medication to restore them to normal levels.

If you see: Long ring fingersIt could mean: A higher risk of osteoarthritis
According to a 2008 study in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism, women whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers may be twice as likely to suffer from osteoarthritis. Though scientists aren't sure why the connection exists, it may be related to testosterone exposure in the womb. Longer ring fingers are linked to higher prenatal levels of testosterone. This lowers the concentration of estrogen, which is critical to bone development. Finger length also has a notable implication for the opposite sex: If a man's index finger is longer than his ring finger, his risk of prostate cancer drops by a third.
What to do: If you're overweight, losing just 5 percent of your body weight can help reduce your risk of knee osteoarthritis (one of the most common types), according to a 2009 study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

If you see: Yellow nailsIt could mean: Diabetes
Discolored nails may simply indicate an infection, but if you're also making extra trips to the bathroom, constantly reaching for your water bottle, and feeling fatigued, a likely culprit is diabetes. The condition can cause glucose to attach to collagen proteins in the nail, turning them from pink to yellow.
What to do: See your doctor for a diabetes test. If it's positive, he can recommend a combination of lifestyle changes and medication to keep the disease under control.

If you see: Thick, dark facial or body hairIt could mean: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

Many women see a few wisps on their upper lip, but coarse, dark hair that shows up in unusual places—like the chin, cheeks, chest, abdomen, or back—can signal a hormone imbalance associated with PCOS. Women with this condition, in which the body produces more androgens (male sex hormones) than usual, may also experience irregular periods and cystic acne and have a hard time maintaining a healthy weight.
What to do: See your doctor for a blood test to check your hormone levels. PCOS increases your risk for diabetes and infertility, but lifestyle changes (such as quitting smoking and losing weight) and hormone-regulating medications (such as birth control pills) can help reduce symptoms and prevent complications.

Ayoreo Contact with the Outside World

Ayoreo Contact with the Outside World

The Ayoreo that live sedentarily outside the forest, although coexistence with surrounding society has changed their external manners and useful items, still have the basic attitudes and views that reflect essentials of Ayoreo traditional culture: high degree of mobility; non-accumulation; profound trust in nature, in the world and themselves; high degree of personal autonomy within the structures of collective organization; and an attitude of equity – non-superiority – for the world and nature.

The seizure of vast historical Ayoreo land by outside settlers and surrounding society has led to important changes and a notorious decline in the quality of life for the Ayoreo. Ancestral practices of balanced coexistence with the environment were abruptly interrupted when the local Ayoreo groups, who lived on and gave life to a huge extension of forest in the Gran Chaco, were pulled out of their habitat, deported to missionary settlements and forced to lead sedentary lives.

Today the Chaco forests are increasingly affected by the gradual destruction of its eco-system, which are being turned into cattle grazing land. Current business and productive transactions are incompatible with Ayoreo culture and the Chaco. At present, apart from a few small groups that continue to live in voluntary isolation in the forests, most of the Ayoreo natives live permanently in about 22 settlements in Bolivia and currently 13 settlements in Paraguay (June 2005). Only 3 of the settlements in Paraguay are in traditional Ayoreo land. The total number of Ayoreo people continues to stand at around 4,000 people, half of which live on Paraguayan territory.

It is important to note that before the encroachment onto their territory about 45-60 years ago, the Ayoreo had no knowledge of what is called poverty. Persuaded to abandon life in the forest under false promises and settled into large and permanent communities, with a non-indigenous economic model totally foreign to their way of living. Their close and special rapport with the forest and the environment is starting to change and lose its meaning. Presently, the situation of the Ayoreo shows the effects of an accelerated process of impoverishment and of increasing loss of autonomy.

Their dependence on the way of living of surrounding society is growing, but without opportunities to reach a new standard of living compatible with human dignity and the respect for the environment. A number of Ayoreo now live near centers with significant non-indigenous population, in extremely poor conditions, looking for precarious odd jobs as laborers in an insecure, irrational and excluding labor market. Many young Ayoreo have no clear prospects for the future nor constructive possibilities.

Ayoreo Culture

Religious Practitioners: The shaman and the wise man, who know myths and therapeutic songs, are primarily responsible for religious practices.

Ceremonies: The Aroyeo engage in pinčiakwá , a ritual practice to propitiate rain, and perform paragapidí , a rite to keep killers from falling prey to the harmful influence of the victim's soul and blood. Apart from these two practices, the sole ceremony held by the Ayoreo is the festival of Asohsná, which is essentially a ceremony related to the annual cycle.

Arts: The only artifacts that are always decorated are twine bags and plaited objects. The designs are inspired by clan insignia and executed in the appropriate combinations of naturally colored red and blue string. The remainder of Ayoreo output is poor in decorative motifs, which are only occasionally applied to wooden artifacts or utensils of calabash or ceramic.

Medicine: Therapeutic procedures are carried out by the ordinary individual and by the daihsnái. In the first instance, curing is essentially done through the use of chants provided by the various nanibaháde, that is, the already mentioned countermeasure songs that cure illnesses specific to a particular nanibahái that caused them. For example, possession, which stems from taboo infringments relating to the consumption of certain parts of the peccary, can be cured with songs that this animal's nanibahái left behind. Individuals who cure by therapeutic chanting do not go through a process of initiation, nor do they wear special garments. The only precondition is knowing many chants, a prerogative generally attached to the so-called wise men. Since the power of a particular curing chant comes directly from the nanibahái who composed it, the singer functions simply as its intermediary vehicle.
Read more: http://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Ayoreo-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html#ixzz1VhDqfi7y

Addiction a brain disorder, not just bad behavior

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Addiction isn't just about willpower. It's a chronic brain disease, says a new definition aimed at helping families and their doctors better understand the challenges of treating it. "Addiction is about a lot more than people behaving badly," says Dr. Michael M. Miller of the American Society for Addiction Medicine. That's true whether it involves drugs and alcohol or gambling and compulsive eating, the doctors group said. And like other chronic conditions such as heart disease or diabetes, treating addiction and preventing relapse is a long-term endeavor, the specialists concluded. Addiction generally is described by its behavioral symptoms - the highs, the cravings, and the things people will do to achieve one and avoid the other. The new definition doesn't disagree with the standard guide for diagnosis based on those symptoms. "The behavioral problem is a result of brain dysfunction," agrees Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Then there's the frustration of relapses, which doctors and families alike need to know are common for a chronic disease, Volkow says. "You have family members that say, `OK, you've been to a detox program, how come you're taking drugs?'" she says. "The pathology in the brain persists for years after you've stopped taking the drug."

Genetics plays a role, meaning some people are more vulnerable to an addiction if they, say, experiment with drugs as a teenager or wind up on potent prescription painkillers after an injury. Age does, too. The frontal cortex helps put the brakes on unhealthy behaviors, Volkow explains. It's where the brain's reasoning side connects to emotion-related areas. It's among the last neural regions to mature, one reason that it's harder for a teenager to withstand peer pressure to experiment with drugs. Even if you're not biologically vulnerable to begin with, perhaps you try alcohol or drugs to cope with a stressful or painful environment, Volkow says. Whatever the reason, the brain's reward system can change as a chemical named dopamine conditions it to rituals and routines that are linked to getting something you've found pleasurable, whether it's a pack of cigarettes or a few drinks or even overeating. When someone's truly addicted, that warped system keeps them going back even after the brain gets so used to the high that it's no longer pleasurable. Make no mistake: Patients still must choose to fight back and treat an addiction, stresses Miller, medical director of the Herrington Recovery Center at Rogers Memorial Hospital in Oconomowoc, Wis.

But understanding some of the brain reactions at the root of the problem will "hopefully reduce some of the shame about some of these issues, hopefully reduce stigma," he says. Meanwhile, Volkow says intriguing research is under way to use those brain findings to develop better treatments - not just to temporarily block an addict's high but to strengthen the underlying brain circuitry to fend off relapse.

It was still their bad behavior originally that got them addicted so it is still bad behavior but the brain disorder makes it much harder to stop.

It might make it easier for doctors to help treat people with addictions because they understand them better.