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🇧🇷 Peoples of Brazil

89 indigenous and tribal peoples who live in Brazil, best known first.

Jewsיהודים 🇮🇱 Israel and 11 moreAn ethnoreligious group with ancient roots in Israel and a global presence today About 15 million YorubaÌran Yorùbá 🇳🇬 Nigeria and 11 moreA major West African people rooted in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo About 53 million, Volta-Niger (Niger–Congo) GuaraniAbá 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 3 moreIndigenous people of Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia, known for their language and myths About 280,000, Tupi–Guarani Yanomami 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreRainforest horticulturalists of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela About 35,000, Yanomaman Tupi 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous peoples of coastal and central Brazil, known for their deep cultural legacy About 16,000, Tupian CharrúaCharrua 🇺🇾 Uruguay and 2 moreSemi-nomadic Indigenous people of Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil About 159,000 KayapoMebêngôkre 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Brazil's Xingu River basin, known for activism and body art About 12,000, Jê BororoBoe 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of central Brazil, known for circular villages and matrilineal clans About 2,000, Borôroan (Macro-Ge) MundurukuWuy Jugu 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Tapajós river basin in the Brazilian Amazon About 14,000, Tupi PirahãHíaitíihi 🇧🇷 BrazilHunter-gatherers of the Maici River in the Brazilian Amazon About 900, Mura Zo'éZo'és 🇧🇷 BrazilSemi-nomadic Tupi–Guarani people of Pará, Brazil About 315, Tupi–Guarani AsháninkaAshaninka 🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreIndigenous people of the central Amazonian rainforest of Peru and Brazil About 99,000, Arawakan Kalina 🇻🇪 Venezuela and 5 moreIndigenous people of the northern coast of South America About 45,000, Cariban Wayana 🇬🇫 French Guiana and 3 moreCarib-speaking people of the Guiana highlands in Brazil, Suriname, and French Guiana About 2,000, Cariban Matsés 🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon between the Javari and Galvez rivers About 3,000, Panoan WayampiWajãpi 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the border forests of Brazil and French Guiana About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani AwáAwa Guajá 🇧🇷 BrazilNomadic hunter-gatherers of the eastern Amazon rainforest in Brazil About 520, Tupi–Guarani Guajajara 🇧🇷 BrazilForest guardians of Maranhão in northeastern Brazil About 28,000, Tupi–Guarani TicunaMagüta 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreThe most numerous Indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon About 75,000, Language isolate Nambikwara 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Mato Grosso, Brazil, living along the Guaporé and Juruena rivers About 2,000, Nambikwaran MacushiMakuusi 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous people of the savannahs of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela About 43,000, Cariban Kaingangkanhgág 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of southern Brazil with a dual clan society About 51,000, Jê Huni Kuin 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon along rivers in Brazil and Peru About 13,000, Panoan Witoto 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreSwidden farmers and forest dwellers of the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon About 9,000, Witotoan languages Terena 🇧🇷 BrazilAgricultural Indigenous people of Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul region About 26,000, Arawakan MehinakuMehinako 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Upper Xingu, Brazil About 286, Arawakan Kuikuro 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Upper Xingu River in Brazil About 653, Cariban Yawalapiti 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Arawakan-speaking people of Brazil's Upper Xingu region About 309, Arawakan Mbya Guaranimby’as 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 3 moreA branch of the Guarani living in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay About 34,000, Tupian Tupiniquim 🇧🇷 BrazilTupi-descended people living in Indigenous territories of Espírito Santo, Brazil About 3,000, Tupi Yaminawá 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous people of Acre, Brazil, also in Peru and Bolivia About 3,000, Panoan Xavante 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil, known for dual-clan society About 30,000, Jê Xerente 🇧🇷 BrazilCentral Jê people of Tocantins, Brazil, with strong clan traditions About 4,000, Jê Tucanoye’pâ-masa 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreMultilingual Indigenous people of the Vaupés River in the northwest Amazon About 6,000, Tucanoan Ye'kuanaSoꞌto 🇻🇪 Venezuela and 1 moreCanoe makers of the Caura and Orinoco rivers in Venezuela and Brazil About 7,000, Cariban Kadiwéu 🇧🇷 BrazilHorse-riding Indigenous people of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil About 1,000, Guaicuruan Tiriyótarëno 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous Cariban-speaking people of northern Brazil, Suriname, and Guyana About 4,000, Cariban ApiacáApiaká 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of northern Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil About 850, Tupi–Guarani KamayuráKamaiurá 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Upper Xingu, central Brazil About 604, Tupi–Guarani Aikanã 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Rondônia, western Amazonian lowlands About 350 Bora 🇵🇪 Peru and 2 moreForest people of the Amazon between the Napo, Putumayo, and Caquetá rivers About 2,000, Bora–Witoto (proposed) ChamacocoIshír 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Gran Chaco, with river and forest traditions About 2,000, Zamucoan Pataxó 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Bahia, Brazil, reviving their language and culture About 12,000 Wai-waiWaiwai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreForest-dwelling Cariban people of southern Guyana and northern Brazil About 3,000, Cariban Enawene NaweEnawenê-nawê 🇧🇷 BrazilGrowers and fishers of Mato Grosso, Brazil, who do not eat red meat About 737, Arawakan MuraBuxwaray 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the central and eastern Amazon in Brazil About 18,000 Kalapalo 🇧🇷 BrazilFishers and farmers of Brazil's Upper Xingu region About 669, Cariban Palikur 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreArawak-speaking riverine people of Amapá and French Guiana About 2,000, Arawakan
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