The Matis is an indigenous people of Brazil living in 2 separate villages with total population of roughly 290. They live in the far west of Brazil, in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Park, an area covering 32,000 sq miles. They practice both hunting and agriculture. The Matis tribe were first contacted by the Brazilian agency FUNAI during 1975-1976, although it wasn't until two years later in 1978 that FUNAI employees began visiting the then-five Matis villages, after Matis men overcame their fe… (More on Matis)