News of this people
- MPF/AM investiga possíveis violações aos direitos humanos de povos indígenas Tenharim e Jiahui
29/04/2013 - O Ministério Público Federal (MPF) enviou à Comissão Nacional da Verdade um relatório com fatos narrados por lideranças dos povos indígenas Tenharim e Jiahui de grave violação aos direitos humanos na década de 70 à população das duas etnias, durante
29/04/2013 - Mais Indígena: Povos Tenharim e Jiahui reúnem-se com o MPF/AM
11/04/2013
Inhabited lands
- Diahui
foto: Edmundo Peggion, 1999
Jiahui
- Other names
Jahoi, Diarroi, Djarroi, Parintintin, Diahoi, Diahui - Where they are
AM - How many
97 (Funasa, 2010) - Linguistic family
Tupi-Guarani
Introduction
The Jiahui are a people of the Tupi-Guarani language family, a subgroup of the Kagwahiva, who live in the region of the middle Madeira River, in the south of the State of Amazonas. Historical circumstances have caused the near extinction of the group. Their traditional lands have been occupied by ranchers and the Jiahui have come to live together with the Tenharim or in nearby cities. In the midst of conflicts, the process of regaining indigenous territory was begun in 1998, in which the Jiahui have sought to reorganize themselves in order to guarantee their physical and cultural survival.
