News of this people
- Ex-madeireiro, indigenista monitora único sobrevivente de povo massacrado em RO
19/12/2010 - Índios de tribo isolada são visitados pela Funai no Amazonas
11/12/2010 - Brasil tem mais de 70 grupos indígenas isolados, aponta Funai
28/10/2010
Inhabited lands
- Rio Omerê
Foto: Marcos Mendes, 1995
Akuntsu
- Other names
Akunt'su - Where they are
RO - How many
5 (Siasi/Sesai, 2012) - Linguistic family
Tupari
Productive activities
The Omerê river does not represent an abundant source of food for the Akuntsu. They use it merely for drinking water and sometimes for small fish, which are enthusiastically celebrated and soon become an almost imperceptible appetizer. They meet the dietary needs through hunting, collecting wild fruits and cultivating a small swidden.
Game is found easily since the region has become an island providing refuge to animals from neighbouring areas already deforested for cattle ranching. Large bands of peccaries, tapirs and pacas wander through the forest and soon meet their fate on the tips of the Indians’ arrows. Peccary is by far the favourite game.
