Last member of remote tribe in Brazil found dead; activists decry 'genocide' against native people

The last remaining member of one of Brazil's several dozen "uncontacted" tribes was found dead earlier in this month in what activists have decried as evidence of a "genocide" against Indigenous people in that country. 

The "Man of the Hole" was found lying dead in a hammock within the territory in which he lived in Brazil's Rondonia state. He was reportedly the last Indigenous person living in the Tanaru Indigenous Territory following the gradual death of his tribe, many of those deaths reportedly stemming from conflicts with modern farmers in the area. 

He gained his distinctive nickname due to the deep hole that researchers discovered at his various living areas over the years. He was known to trap wild game and engage in small farming of several crops. 

The advocacy group Survival International this week slammed his death as "a symbol of Indigenous genocide" and said the man himself stood as a testament to "the appalling violence and cruelty inflicted on Indigenous peoples worldwide."

Medical officials will reportedly perform DNA tests on the man's body before returning it to the forest for burial.