News of this people
- Justiça manda retirar índios de Belo Monte
10/05/2013 - Belo Monte: governo pressiona indígenas com força policial; trabalhadores da usina prestam solidariedade
03/05/2013 - Manifestantes ocupam canteiro de Belo Monte e pedem regulamentação de convenção da OIT
02/05/2013
Inhabited lands
- Kapotnhinore
- Badjônkôre
- Capoto/Jarina
- Kararaô
- Kayapó
- Trincheira/Bacajá
- Xikrin do Cateté
- Baú
- Las Casas
Foto: Gustaaf Verswijver, 1991
Kayapó
- Other names
Kaiapó, Caiapó, Gorotire, Mekrãgnoti, Kuben-Kran-Krên, Kôkraimôrô, Metyktire, Xikrin, Kararaô - Where they are
MT, PA - How many
8.638 (Funasa, 2010) - Linguistic family
Jê
Name
The term Kayapó (sometimes written ‘Kaiapó’ or ‘Caiapó’) was first used at the start of the 19th century. The people do not call themselves by this term, a name coined by neighbouring groups and meaning “those who look like monkeys”, which probably derives from a ritual lasting many weeks during which Kayapó men, adorned with monkey masks, execute short dances. Although aware that this is how others name them, the Kayapó refer to themselves as Mebêngôkre, “the men from the water hole/place.”
