• Povo:Pataxó
  ...304" tagname="a">History</htmltag>). Tracing a history of contact with non-indigenous people that goes back to the sixteenth century and often forced to hide the ...evant for it is the first specific reference to the presence of the Pataxó indigenous people within their traditional distribution area, i.e. between the north b
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• Povo:Macuxi
  ...me Court in 2009, which confirmed the ratification and the eviction of non-indigenous occupants. ...ortal/" tagname="a" target="_blank">'''Conselho Indigena de Roraima - CIR (Indigenous Council of Roraima)''' website</htmltag>
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• Povo:Karipuna de Rondônia
  ...re deaths from epidemics and cultural losses. Today they possess their own Indigenous Territory and look to protect it from the constant invasions of loggers, hu Ratified in 1998, the Karipuna Indigenous Territory (IT) is 152,930 ha in size and located in the municipalities of P
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• Povo:Terena
  ...e of Mato Grosso do Sul contains the second largest indigenous population of the country, second only to Amazonas.... ...ados (Guarani Indigenous Land) and in the state of São Paulo (TI "Araribá" Indigenous Land). In the last two places mentioned, Terena families were taken there d
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• Povo:Taurepang
  ...ontier on the high plains of Roraima. The presence of non-indians on their lands intensified with the construction of the BR-174 highway in the 1970s cuttin ...nym is much more frequently used in Venezuela for the large Karib-speaking indigenous population. A. B. Colson (1986:74) states that in the frontier region betwe
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• Povo:Nawa
  ...people") in many Pano-speaking societies, and was recently claimed by this indigenous group, now living inside the Serra do Divisor National Park, as the name by ...they are currently demanding the identification and delimitation of their lands. The official process for recognizing this area has already been initiated
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• Povo:Koripako
  ...t in the region. This movement includes a cultural complex of 22 different indigenous groups who are articulated through a network of trade and are very similar ...hese Indians to represent themselves in multiethnic contexts or to the non-indigenous world. The term “Walimanai” means "the other new generations who will b
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• Povo:Kisêdjê
  ...ê are the only group of the Gê language family in the [[Povo:Xingu | Xingu Indigenous Park]]. But since their arrival in the region (probably in the second half ...Kĩsêdjê in the process of metamorphosis into other animals, and from other indigenous groups. Thus the vision the Kĩsêdjê have themselves is of society formed
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• Povo:Aikewara
  ...ntal.org/caracterizacao.php?id_arp=3859" tagname="a" target="_self">Sororó Indigenous Land</htmltag> is situated in the southeast of Pará in the municipality of ...nd replaced by pastures; what is left of the forest is situated within the indigenous territory.
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• Povo:Canela Apanyekrá
  ...the Ramkokamekrá had less contact with the national society and with other indigenous groups than the Apanyekrá. After that, the situation became the reverse. H ...its orthographic variations, or even by Apanyekrá-Canela. Apanyekrá means "indigenous people of the piranha". Nimuendajú supposed that they were called by this
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• Povo:Canela Ramkokamekrá
  ...the Ramkokamekrá had less contact with the national society and with other indigenous groups than the Apanyekrá. After that, the situation became the reverse. H ...its orthographic variations, or even by Apanyekrá-Canela. Apanyekrá means "indigenous people of the piranha". Nimuendajú supposed that they were called by this
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• Povo:Tupari
  ...was primarily marked by their exploitation and the expropriation of their lands by rubber bosses, and after the 1980s by loggers and mineral prospectors. O ...o data from the NGO Kanindé (2005), there are 329 Tupari in the Rio Branco Indigenous Territory (IT), an area also occupied by the [[Povo:Makurap | Makurap]], [[
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• Povo:Ye'kwana
  ...worked in the area, the Ye’kuana are supposed to have settled on Brazilian lands more than a century ago. But the traditional leaders of Auaris say that the ...anoemakers and as great merchants. When the Sanuma appeared, the Maiongong lands were nearly empty as a result of epidemic diseases and slavery... The rifle
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• Povo:Zoró
  ...iental.org/caracterizacao.php?id_arp=3911" tagname="a" target="_self">Zoró Indigenous Land</htmltag> and its natural resources, as well as supporting school educ ...anioc. Zoró Indigenous Territory, Mato Grosso. Photo: APIZ - Zoró Pangyjej Indigenous Peoples Association, 2007.
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• Povo:Karajá
  ...ns to fight for their rights such as demarcation and preservation of their lands, and access to healthcare and bilingual education. ...es everyone understands each other. Due to the process of contact with non-indigenous society, Portuguese has become dominant in some villages such as Xambioá (
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• Povo:Gavião Parkatêjê
  ...the new village indicates: the ‘Comunidade Indígena Parkatêjê’ (‘Parkatêjê Indigenous Community’), a name actually created by the Gavião as an expression of t ...oambiental.org/en-us/#!/en-us/terras-indigenas/3750" tagname="a">Mãe Maria Indigenous Territory</htmltag>, located in the municipality of Bom Jesus do Tocantins
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• Povo:Yaminawá
  ...yllable, depending on the peoples. "Yaminawá" reflects more accurately the indigenous pronunciation (the Portuguese "j" does not exist in their language, nor doe ...Acre River, where another group of Yaminawá was already settled. Thus the Indigenous Land called Headwaters of the Acre River was consolidated, and interdicted
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• Povo:Mehinako
  ...re area/region known as the upper Xingu (encompassed by the [[Povo:Xingu | Indigenous Park of the Xingu]], the Mehinako belong to a broad complex of peoples who ...in such a way that they had no intention of returning to their traditional lands even though the threat posed by the Ikpeng had passed.
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• Povo:Yuhupdeh
  ...e of the Jurupari flutes (''Ti’''). Their more recent contact with the non-indigenous population means they have become renowned for still performing these ritua ...based on regular visits. These groups are located in the Yaigojé Apaporis indigenous reserve in Colombia, situated within the Amazonas and Vaupés departments.
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• Povo:Surui Paiter
  The Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land, where the Paiter live, consists of an area of 247,870 hectares locate The Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land is located in the Branco River basin, tributary of the Roosevelt River
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• Povo:Baniwa
  ...t in the region. This movement includes a cultural complex of 22 different indigenous groups who are articulated through a network of trade and are very similar ...hese Indians to represent themselves in multiethnic contexts or to the non-indigenous world. The term “Walimanai” means "the other new generations who will b
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• Povo:Karipuna do Amapá
  The Karipuna form part of the complex of indigenous peoples of the lower Oiapoque river, where they are located within wide exc ...differentiating themselves into ethnic groups, identifying themselves as ‘indigenous peoples of the Oiapoque.’
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• Povo:Kaingang
  ...ult of the contact situation. The Kaingang live on more than 30 Indigenous Lands which represent a small part of their traditional territories. By being dis ...tá]] who also demonstrated resistance against the European presence in the lands of the South.
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• Povo:Wajãpi
  ...w: the Brazilians (karai-ku), the French (parainsi-ku) and the neighboring indigenous groups (Wayana-Aparai, Tiriyó, Karipuna, Galibi and Palikur). Tradition es ...operations, fed from nearby urban centers (Serra do Navio, 90 km from the indigenous area, and Macapá, 370 km away).
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• Povo:Kalapalo
  ...households and relatives. In the multiethnic context of the [[Povo:Xingu | Indigenous Park of the Xingu]], the Kalapalo have played a prominent role in actively ...'' ''Besides these villages, some Kalapalo live at the Tanguro and Kuluene Indigenous Security Posts (PIV). Each of these Posts is located on the river whose nam
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• Povo:Pataxó Hã-Hã-Hãe
  ...erted into private farms. The slow and tortuous process of regaining these lands began in the 1980s only: a successful conclusion still appears to be some w The population inhabits the Caramuru-Paraguaçu Indigenous Reserve, 54,099 ha in size, in the south of Bahia, in the municipalities of
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• Povo:Bororo
  ...the entire Bororo population. But until the end of the 1970s, The Salesian Indigenous Mission subjected children and teenagers to a school system that prohibited ...#!/en-us/terras-indigenas/3870" tagname="a" target="_self">Teresa Cristina Indigenous Land</htmltag> is sub judice because its limits were annulled by a presiden
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• Povo:Guató
  ...nic recognition. Today they are the last surviving canoeists from the many indigenous peoples who once occupied the Pantanal lowlands. ...y derives from the absence of more comprehensive studies on the kinship of indigenous languages in Brazil. Nonetheless, taking into account the proposals made by
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• Povo:Sateré Mawé
  ...River, on the border of the States of Amazonas and Pará. The Andirá-Marau Indigenous Land was demarcated in 1982 and ratified in 1986. With a total area of 788, ...s, recalls that ''the lakes and rivers teeming with fish that irrigate the lands where the Maués lived in the past, as well as the forests and campinaranas
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• Povo:Etnias do Rio Negro
  ..."http://foirn.wordpress.com/" tagname="a" target="_blank">'''Federation of Indigenous Organizations of the Negro River'''''' blog'''''' ('''Federação das Org ...onsists of Union lands (Indigenous Lands and a National Park). The present indigenous population makes up at least 90% of the total, although more than two centu
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• Povo:Palikur
  ...f amis de françois, and functioned as a pole of attraction for part of the indigenous population, which went to settle on the other side of the border. Presently ...ller Vicente Yanez Pinzon reported in Seville that he had found a numerous indigenous population in the region north of the mouth of the Amazon River, which was
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• Povo:Galibi Marworno
  ...ng assemblies and which resulted in the creation of the Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the Oiapoque (APIO), this differentiation became more crystalliz ...poken by the Karipuna and the dialect spoken by the Galibi-Marworno. This “indigenous” creole is distinct from the “Black” creole of French Guiana both in
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• Povo:Karajá do Norte
  ...that existed at the mouth of the Xambioá River, upstream from the present Indigenous Post, on the Araguaia. It is possible to speculate that the name was used f ...population decided to move to Kurehe hawa, six kilometers from the Xambioá Indigenous Post. By 1987, it looked like the Karajá do Norte would remain divided int
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• Povo:Wapichana
  ...ortal/" tagname="a" target="_blank">'''Conselho Indigena de Roraima - CIR (Indigenous Council of Roraima)''' website</htmltag> ...kers was around 60% of the population. More recent data from the Insikiran Indigenous Training Centre (2003) indicates that this percentage had fallen to just 40
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• Povo:Enawenê-nawê
  ...by other threats of invasion and exposed to pollution of their rivers and lands by cattle ranching, mining activities and soya production in areas borderin |Ritual in Matokodakwa village, Enawene Nawe Indigenous Territory. Photo: Kristian Bengtson 2003
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• Povo:Parakanã
  ...a’yngo’a) and two to the Western bloc (Maroxewara and Inaxy’anga). In this Indigenous Land the Eastern bloc is numerically dominant, comprising roughly two-third The second Indigenous Land is called Apyterewa and it is situated in the Xingu basin, in the muni
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• Povo:Nambikwara
  ...st of the survivors from these groups are located in the Pyreneus de Souza Indigenous Territory and are generically classified as Sabanê. Some of them live with ...nd Sabanê groups, for example, live with the Mamaindê at the Capitão Pedro Indigenous Post.
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• Povo:Matsés
  ...in the past century and the resulting incorporation of captives from other indigenous groups meant they became the largest of the northern Pano peoples. ...shores, and simultaneously ensure the occupation and surveillance of their lands. Over recent years, the Matsés have suffered the loss of many people from
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• Povo:Parintintim
  ...n two Indigenous Lands in the ville of Humaitá, in Amazonas State. The two lands was homologated in 1997. The Ipixuna land has the extension of 215.362 ha a ...zilian curandeiros, whose methods blend old Iberian curing traditions with indigenous practices.
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• Povo:Tiriyó
  ...Tiriyó living in Brazil have shared the western portion of the Tumucumaque Indigenous Park (T.I.P.) from the end of the 1960s with the Katxuyana and Txikuyana gr ...wing the arrival of Franciscan missionaries on the Brazilian side of their lands, and Protestants on the Suriname side, all these groups were grouped under
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• Povo:Kuikuro
  ..., such as shamanism, cosmology, festivities and rituals, the section Xingu Indigenous Park provides an overview of the aspects also found among the Kuikuro. ...mean that understanding and use of Portuguese is growing rapidly. Like all indigenous languages, Kuikuro is a minority language of an oral tradition surviving in
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• Povo:Marubo
  ...e way, the Marubo people seem to have resulted from the re-organization of indigenous societies decimated and fragmented by rubber tappers at the height of the r ...ro do Sul in Acre state. In fact, the latter town is much closer to Marubo lands; however, as part of the journey has to be made over land, it is only possi
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• Povo:Yudjá/Juruna
  ...the upper reaches of the same river, in an area within the [[Povo:Xingu | Indigenous Park of the Xingu]], which was created in 1961 in the state of Mato Grosso. ...rthern part of the reservation, between the BR-80 Highway and the Diauarum Indigenous Post.  Within this land strip, the western side of the Xingu is part of th
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• Povo:Yanomami
  ...ts of the tropical rainforest of Northern Amazonia, whose contact with non-indigenous society over the most part of their territory has been relatively recent. T ...nto 228 communities (National Health Foundation Census 1999). The Yanomami Indigenous Territory, which covers 9,664,975 ha (96,650 km2) of tropical forest is rec
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• Povo:Ka'apor
  ...regional Portuguese. A very small percentage (2%?) speaks Tembé or another indigenous language, such as Guajá. Elementary instruction in Portuguese and the Ka'a ...biental.org/en-us/#!/en-us/terras-indigenas/3575" tagname="a">Alto Turiaçu Indigenous Reserve</htmltag>, consisting of 2048 square miles (5301 km2) of high Amazo
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• Povo:Pirahã
  ...dentify themselves when dealing with this surrounding population and other indigenous groups. Hiaitsiihi is the group’s self-denomination, meaning one of the i ...flooded areas of forest), which allow only the canopies of trees and ‘high lands’ to appear.
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• Povo:Zuruahã
  ...the reports of conflicts with sorveiros (latex extractors) who invaded the indigenous territory. A marked feature of this group is the high rate of suicide, inte ...ere everyone would be ''Jokihidawa'', since they are all now living on the lands of the Jokihi creek.
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• Povo:Krahô
  ...oups is known as the Timbira, while Mehim is applied to the members of any indigenous group. The expansion of these terms of reference has been correlated with a ...ental.org/#!/terras-indigenas/3735" tagname="a" target="_blank">Kraolândia Indigenous Land</htmltag> (which received permanent legal status in 1990 through Decre
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• Povo:Katukina Pano
  ...emphasize through their own history their contacts with other neighbouring indigenous groups, on the basis of which they reformulate and reconstruct their networ ...oncerning the indigenous peoples of the Juruá river refer to all the known indigenous groups by the name Katukina. According to the anthropologist Paul Rivet, th
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• Povo:Ticuna
  ...990s that the Ticuna gained official recognition for the majority of their lands. Today they face the challenge of guaranteeing their economic and environme ...g to the Instituto Socioambiental’s data, the Ticuna are distributed in 28 Indigenous Territories, most of which have already been demarcated and/or approved, th
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• Povo:Wari'
  ...the Guajará-Mirim Support Team in Rondônia, as well as within the Sagarana Indigenous Territory, at the confluence of the Mamoré and Guaporé rivers, administra ...ults and a few children survive, now living in the village at the São Luis Indigenous Post (IP) on the upper Pacaas Novos. A few people calling themselves Cujubi
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• Povo:Hupda
  Due to the influence of the indigenous movement in the region of the Negro River from the middle of the 1980s, the ...o are increasingly proclaiming themselves Indian with the expansion of the indigenous movement in the region).
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• Povo:Dow
  Due to the influence of the indigenous movement in the region of the Negro River from the middle of the 1980s, the ...o are increasingly proclaiming themselves Indian with the expansion of the indigenous movement in the region).
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• Povo:Nadöb
  Due to the influence of the indigenous movement in the region of the Negro River from the middle of the 1980s, the ...o are increasingly proclaiming themselves Indian with the expansion of the indigenous movement in the region).
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• Povo:Ashaninka
  ...azon, and by the activities of new sectors of non-indian society vis-à-vis indigenous populations. Whilst contact with brancos profoundly altered the lives of th ...ies the ''Anti'' blocked any mass penetration by non-Amazonians into their lands, maintaining the frontier between the highlands and lowlands relatively sta
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• Povo:Ingarikó
  ...ndigenous Territory, they remained free of the various forms of recruiting indigenous labour that affected neighbouring peoples to the south for centuries. Conta ...to the role of young people in the communities. In general as well as the indigenous languages the latter speak Portuguese, Spanish and English. This situation
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• Povo:Cinta larga
  ...st few years has been deeply upset by the presence of goldpanners on their lands. ...habit the Roosevelt, Serra Morena, Parque Aripuanã and Aripuanã indigenous lands, all of which are ratified, in a total area of 2.7 million hectares.
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• Povo:Guarani Ñandeva
  ...Guarani life express an identity that gives them a specificity among other indigenous peoples, shaping and creating a “Guarani way of being": a) the ava ñe'ë Associação de Jovens Indígenas de Dourados''' (Association of the Indigenous Youth of Dourados)  - <htmltag href="http://www.jovensindigenas.org.br/" t
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• Povo:Guarani Kaiowá
  ...Guarani life express an identity that gives them a specificity among other indigenous peoples, shaping and creating a “Guarani way of being": a) the ava ñe'ë '''Associação de Jovens Indígenas de Dourados (Association of the Indigenous Youth of Dourados) ''' '''- '''<htmltag href="http://www.jovensindigenas.
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• Povo:Xingu
  The Indigenous Park of the Xingu covers, in its southern part, the cultural area known as ...the name of common interests. The indigenous organizations (above all the Indigenous Land Association of the Xingu) has been established as an important means f
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• Povo:Guarani Mbya
  ...refers to “villages of Guarani Indians” where he stopped with his men and indigenous guides during the expedition which he undertook in 1541 from the Island of ...are criteria that figure into the classifications and subdivisions of this indigenous group. Although this classification does not correspond to the definitions
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• Povo:Wayana
  ...pond to demands for new forms of representation before the surrounding non-indigenous society. These collective designations have come to regulate much, but not ...intensification of relations of exchange, wars and intermarriage among the indigenous peoples of the region. There were notable conflicts among the Aparai and Wa
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• Povo:Aparai
  ...pond to demands for new forms of representation before the surrounding non-indigenous society. These collective designations have come to regulate much, but not ...intensification of relations of exchange, wars and intermarriage among the indigenous peoples of the region. There were notable conflicts among the Aparai and Wa
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• Povo:Aweti
  ...en Steinen – the German scholar who first documented habits and customs of indigenous peoples in Central Brazil, including in the Upper Xingu – on hearing this ...rg describes them as skilled traders, acting as intermediaries between the indigenous post and other tribes. The intermediary position of the Aweti in the exchan
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• Povo:Mebêngôkre (Kayapó)
  ...iod of discovery and exploration of Amazonia teach us that the majority of indigenous tribes – in contrast to the Kayapó – lived concentrated along the cour The Kayapó are demanding in the choice of potentially fertile lands: the ideal oasis is a tract of forest without overly dense vegetation, situ
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• Povo:Waujá
  Inhabitants of the [[Povo:Xingu | Xingu Indigenous Park]], the Wauja are famous for the exceptional quality of their pottery, ...use of flutes. Another 63 people live in other localities within the Xingu Indigenous Park (XIP).
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• Povo:Kayapó Xikrin
  ...Funai. Young boys positioned in files sing the national anthem, while two indigenous teachers hoist the flags. Once over, the Indian preacher reads a paragraph
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