News of this people
- Cetam promove curso de informática para indígenas em Manaus
14/05/2013 - Assembleia reúne lideranças e organizações indígenas no alto Solimões
22/03/2013 - Sepror fortalece projeto "Agricultura Indígena" com a entrega de implementos a 9 etnias
15/03/2013
Inhabited lands
- Cajuhiri Atravessado
- Nova Esperança do Rio Jandiatuba
- Lauro Sodré
- Tupã-Supé
- Bom Intento
- Riozinho
- Barreira da Missão
- Betânia
- Évare II
- Ilha do Camaleão
- Lago Beruri
- Macarrão
- Porto Praia
- São Leopoldo
- Tikuna Feijoal
- Tikuna de Santo Antônio
- Tikuna Porto Espiritual
- Tukuna Umariaçu
- Uati-Paraná
- Vui-Uata-In
- Maraitá
- São Francisco do Canimari
- Sururuá
- Matintin
- Porto Limoeiro
- Lago do Correio
- Estrela da Paz
- Évare I
Foto: Jussara Gruber, 1979
Ticuna
- Other names
Tikuna, Tukuna - Where they are
AM
Colombia
Peru - How many
36.377 (Funasa, 2009)
8.000 (Goulard, J. P., 2011)
6.982 (INEI, 2007) - Linguistic family
Tikuna
Introduction
The Ticuna are the most numerous people in Brazilian Amazonia. Following a recent history shaped by the violent invasion of rubber-tappers, fishermen and loggers in the Solimões river region, it was only in the 1990s that the Ticuna gained official recognition for the majority of their lands. Today they face the challenge of guaranteeing their economic and environmental sustainability, enhancing their relations with the surrounding society while maintaining the vivacity of their extremely rich culture. Not by chance, the masks, designs and paintings of this people have achieved international recognition.
