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Alabama–Coushatta Tribes of Texas, originally from Tennessee and Alabama; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, originally from the Great Lakes; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas [5] originally from New Mexico. These three tribes are served by the Southern Plains Regional Office of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs ...
A few tribes were assimilated into the Brazilian population. In 2007, FUNAI reported that it had confirmed the presence of 67 different uncontacted tribes in Brazil, an increase from 40 in 2005. With this addition Brazil has now surpassed New Guinea as the country having the largest number of uncontacted peoples.
In the 1740s, the tribe established the San Antonio de Valero Mission, a Spanish Catholic mission, in San Antonio, living there until about 1793. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] By the late 18th century, the Sana merged into the main Tonkawa tribe .
The Karankawa's autonym is Né-ume, meaning "the people". [1]The name Karakawa has numerous spellings in Spanish, French, and English. [1] [12]Swiss-American ethnologist Albert S. Gatschet wrote that the name Karakawa may have come from the Comecrudo terms klam or glám, meaning "dog", and kawa, meaning "to love, like, to be fond of."
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper (Florida Seminole, also known as Potackee (1923-2011), chairwoman, Florida Seminole Tribe (1967-1971), last matriarch of Snake Clan. Marie Smith Jones (1918–2008), Eyak activist and honorary chief, last known living speaker of the Eyak language; Juana Maria (Nicoleño, died 1853), last member of her tribe
Brazil has one of the highest levels of income inequality in the world, [58] and a significant portion of its population includes Indigenous tribes migrating towards urban areas, both by choice and due to displacement. Beyond the urban rights movement, studies have shown that the suicide risk among the Indigenous population is 8.1 times higher ...
Because Brazil is a melting pot of cultures, many elements of Brazilian mythology are shared by the traditions of other countries, especially its South American neighbors and Portugal. There is no singular mythological doctrine in Brazil; instead, there is a patchwork collection of stories and teachings from different cultural groups that each ...
The following tables list proposed and approved Indigenous territories by state, along with their status in the demarcation process, land area, and approximate population. Most territories are inhabited by a single people and are named after that people and/or a local geographic feature.