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🇧🇷 Peoples of Brazil

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

WapishanaWapichana 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous Arawakan people of northern Brazil and southern Guyana About 16,000, Arawakan BaniwaWalimanai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon borderlands, skilled in basketry and farming About 18,000, Maipurean (Arawak) ChiquitanoMonkóx 🇧🇴 Bolivia and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Chiquitania savanna in eastern Bolivia and Brazil About 89,000, possibly Macro-Jê Aweti 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Xingu headwaters in Brazil, living in two villages About 192, Tupian KaiabiKawaiwete 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers and craftspeople of the Xingu Indigenous Park in Brazil About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani TrumaiHo kod ke 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers of the upper Xingu River in Brazil, known for the jawari ritual About 258, Language isolate WaujaWaujá 🇧🇷 BrazilArawakan-speaking people of the Upper Xingu River in Brazil About 540, Arawakan Aparai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreIndigenous Cariban-speaking people of northern Brazil and Guiana Shield About 564, Cariban Ka'apor 🇧🇷 BrazilForest guardians of Maranhão, Brazil, known for their use of sign language About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani PayaguáEvueví 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 2 moreRiverine Guaycuru people of the Northern Chaco, now extinct Historical, Guaycuruan Xukuru 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Pernambuco, Brazil, reclaiming their Ororubá homeland About 9,000 Uru-Eu-Wau-WauJupaú 🇧🇷 BrazilHunter-gatherers of Rondônia, Brazil, known for their mouth tattoos About 152, Tupi–Guarani Cubeo 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreIndigenous people of the Vaupés region in Colombia's northwest Amazon About 4,000, Tucanoan Marajoara 🇧🇷 BrazilAncient mound-building society of Marajó Island in the Amazon delta Historical Chiripá 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 2 moreGuaraní-speaking indigenous people of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina About 43,000, Tupian Ikpeng 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Xingu Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil About 584, Cariban Patamona 🇬🇾 Guyana and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Pakaraima Mountains in Guyana and northern Brazil About 6,000, Cariban Potiguara 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Paraíba, Brazil, known as 'shrimp-eaters' About 18,000 KoruboDslala 🇧🇷 BrazilPanoan-speaking people living in voluntary isolation in Brazil's Amazon About 127, Panoan MatisMatsë 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of western Brazil's Vale do Javari, known for hunting and body art About 457, Panoan TarianaTaliaseri 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Uaupés River in Brazil and Colombia About 3,000, Arawakan Rikbaktsa 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Amazon rain forest in northwest Mato Grosso, Brazil About 2,000, Macro-Gê MaxakaliTikmũ’ũn 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil, speaking Maxakalí About 2,000, Maxakalían ParintintinKagwahiva’nga 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Kagwahiva people of the Madeira River basin in Brazil About 480, Tupi–Guarani SuyáKisêdjê 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Brazil's Upper Xingu, known for collective life and lip plates About 424, Jê Yudjá 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Xingu River region in Brazil About 880, Yurúna (Tupian languages) Kambeba 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon River in Brazil and Peru About 4,000, Tupi–Guarani Xakriabá 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Gê people of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a history of resistance About 9,000, Macro-Ge (formerly); now Portuguese (Indo-European) OfayéOfaié 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of central Brazil, now living in Mato Grosso do Sul About 69, Macro-Jê Matipu 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Cariban people of the Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil About 157, Cariban MachinereManchineri 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous Arawakan people of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru About 1,000, Arawakan Karitiana 🇧🇷 BrazilSmall Indigenous group living in the western Amazon of Brazil About 333, Arikém Mawé 🇧🇷 BrazilGuaraná cultivators of the Brazilian Amazon About 16,000, Tupian Tapirapé 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Tupi–Guarani people of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil About 760, Tupi–Guarani ZuruahãSuruwaha 🇧🇷 BrazilHunter-gatherers of the Purus River in Amazonas, Brazil About 171, Arawan Marubo 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Vale do Javari in western Brazil About 2,000, Panoan Kotiria 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Vaupés River in Brazil and Colombia About 4,000, Tucanoan Amanayé 🇧🇷 BrazilTupi-Guarani people of Pará, Brazil, known for shifting agriculture and resilience About 178, Tupi–Guarani Cinta Larga 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the western Amazon rainforest in Brazil About 2,000, Tupi Dâw 🇧🇷 BrazilSmall Nadahup-speaking group of the Alto Rio Negro, Brazilian Amazon About 142, Nadahup PaiterSurui Paiter 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers and forest stewards of the Mato Grosso–Rondônia border in Brazil About 1,000, Tupi-Guarani
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Seven peoples, once a week

Every Monday: seven peoples you may never have heard of, who they are and where they live.