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The Calling

Season 4 Episode 5
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When Whales Could Walk

When Whales Could Walk

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Americas Now

Peru - Uncontacted

Peru - Uncontacted (Dan Collyns) - Living deep within the Amazon rainforest, in Brazil and Peru, are dozens of so-called "un-contacted" tribes. These indigenous and historic communities have had little to almost no contact with the outside world. The Mashco Piro people are believed to have fled into the recesses of the jungle during the Amazon Rubber "Boom" in the late 1800s. This was a time of enslavement and death for many tribes. The Mashco Piro had rejected all contact with outsiders until recently. After years of sporadic, sometimes deadly interactions in Peru's Amazon rainforest, they're starting to step up contact.

Mexico - Game Changer Dora Maria Ruiz (Lisa Hagen) - Indigenous groups make up more than 10 percent of the population in Mexico, speaking some 60-different languages according to the United Nations. 35 years ago one woman decided to help educate these mostly under served, rural communities. She founded an organization to coach children, parents and teachers on issues that traditionally go unexplained: self-esteem, sexual abuse and domestic violence. Meet this week's Game Changer -- Dora Maria Ruiz Galindo.

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