
Sydney Possuelo
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Sydney Possuelo is an ethnologist and former coordinator for the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (Funai) in Brazil, known for leading the first contacts with the Korubo people in the 1990s. His work has significantly impacted the understanding and treatment of uncontacted and recently contacted Indigenous groups.
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Expedition leader Sydney Possuelo initiated contact in 1996, bringing the world images of 18 naked individuals.
‘We want Starlink’: from isolation to integration – what happened to the Korubo people after contact? | Global developmentThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2025-07-28








