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MARCH 26, 2001
While he lived with tribe called the Arakmbut in the remote jungles of Peru for several months in 1956, Tobias Schneebaum said he participated in a raid on a nearby village and later ate the flesh of the dead victims. Schneebaum documented his experience in a book called "Keep the River on the Right," released in 1969. He is now the subject of a documentary film of the same name. Get the Story:
Once, in the Jungle: Tobias Schneebaum Confronts His Memories of Going Native (The New York Times 3/25)
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Researchers say cannibalism proven (Indian U. 09/07)
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