News of this people
- Jovens indígenas participam de oficina de formação política, em Brasília
04/04/2013 - O Estado de Medo
14/01/2013 - MPF/MG fará audiência pública sobre atendimento prestado pela Funai
16/11/2012
Inhabited lands
- Caieiras Velhas II
- Comboios
- Tupiniquim
Foto: Carlos Augusto Freire, 1994
Tupiniquim
- Other names
- Where they are
ES - How many
2.630 (Funasa, 2010) - Linguistic family
Introduction
Of the various indigenous peoples in Brazil, the Tupiniquim are among the most often mentioned and, paradoxically, one of the least known. In the Portuguese currently spoken in Brazil, Tupiniquim is synonym of “national”, or “Brazilian” (it is common to see "Tupiniquim Anthropology", "Tupiniquim cinema" etc. used in the press), but the use of the terms does not help to reveal the reality of a specific people that struggles for its survival. Who are the Tupiniquim anyway?
