Talk:White Amazonian Indians

Bananas
Bananas are native to Southeast Asia, so it would be quite a surprise to see a tribe of humans in South America having bananas as the main component of their diet. I know this article never states it was factual, so I'm not saying it should be removed, but I think this is one part of the legend that is very unlikely to be true.  — Soap  —  19:40, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I didnt realize that that story was written in 1925, long enough for new foods to become established in the interior.  —  Soap  —  19:41, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Also, t may be that there was no one tribe of "White Indians", they were just noticing that the people there were unusually pale compared to most other natives. The map seems to indicate that the Tupí people along the coast of Brazil are rather fair-skinned compared to their neighbors, and that this pattern continues well inland along the Amazon River.  — Soap  —  14:08, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Did you see my recent edits? Dougweller (talk) 14:17, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Some, yes. I wrote this when you were about halfway through editing. The Parakanã are apparently a subgroup of the Tupí people, I'd have to see the full paper to know why just that one tribe was singled out, though. —  Soap  —  14:23, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

-- Theories are as follows:

Anglo Pyramidologist (talk) 16:59, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * They are albinos (like the Kuna Indians of Panama's darien jungle, see link: )
 * They descend from Atlanteans (Harold T Wilkin's pseudohistorical view + also found in David hatcher childress book 'lost cities of south america'). Similar fringe/pseudo-history views are that they descend from ancient aliens etc.
 * They descend from Romans. Sounds bizarre, but a Roman ship was found off the coast of Peru.
 * Other fringe authors have connected them to an early european migration (e.g basque).
 * They were just a lighter skinned amerindian people like the chacapoyas (a tribe the spanish described as being very white).

Post rubber boom collapse
One possibility for more recent sightings is that there were Euro Brazilians attracted to the interior by the rubber boom between 1870 and 1912. When it collapsed some people may have remained having established subsistence agriculture and lifestyle similar to the Indians.RichardBond (talk) 04:32, 6 March 2018 (UTC) RichardBond (talk) 04:32, 6 March 2018 (UTC)