 Subsequently, in December 1986 the state interdiction on the area that had been put in place for FUNAI to conduct its search was lifted and farmers, cattle ranchers and loggers were able to resume legal expansion into the forest.The leader of the FUNAI team, however, continued searching and in 1995 encountered the Kanoê who in turn informed them of the Akuntsu.When an expedition finally made official contact with the Akuntsu in October of that year the tribe numbered seven