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Ticuna as a Brazilian tribe has faced violence from loggers, fishermen, and rubber-tappers entering their lands around the Solimões River. Brazil and Paraguay were in a war between 1864–1870, and the Ticuna chose to fight in that war. This depleted their population and the Ticuna were forced out of their Brazilian territories.
The Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous History and Culture Law (Law No. 11.645/2008) mandates the teaching of Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous History and Culture in Brazil. The law was enacted on 10 March 2008, amending Law No. 9.394 of 20 December 1996, as modified by Law No. 10.639 of 9 January 2003.
A member of the society wearing a false face. The False Face Society is a medicinal society in the Haudenosaunee, known especially for its wooden masks. [1] Medicine societies are considered a vital part of the well-being of many Indigenous communities.
The Indigenous peoples in Brazil (Portuguese: povos indígenas no Brasil) comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups, who have inhabited the country prior to the European. The word índios ("Indians"), was by then established to designate the people of the Americas and is still used today in the Portuguese language to designate these ...
Many stereotypes that foreigners have regarding Brazilian folk costume (as well as other customs) actually come from the state of Rio de Janeiro. Caipiras (Brazilian country folk) in São Paulo, Goiás and other nearby states conserve traditional folk styles of clothing, imitated by participants of festa juninas. Gaúcho costumes for Rio Grande ...
The Encyclopedia of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil is a specialized encyclopedia about the indigenous peoples in Brazil, published online since 1998 by the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). It presents over 200 articles with ethnographic information about indigenous peoples in Brazil, as well as analyses, news and other indigenous-related material.
From 1847 they were involved with the General Directorate of Indians in Cuiaba and later began to work in rubber extraction where they seem to have been abused. In the 1920s and 1960s many moved east to the central group. In 1965 an Indigenous Post was established and is now the Santana Indigenous Territory or Territorio Kurâ Bakairi.
In the 18th century, in the northeastern region of the present state of São Paulo, the Kayapó tribe first encountered Portuguese-Brazilian bandeirantes, who were looking for gold, among other precious stones and metals, as well as indigenous slaves. As a result, the Kayapó left the area and migrated to the west. [5]