Parque Indígena do Xingu

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Two Kamaiurá dancing with Uruá flutes
Location of the settlement area

The Parque Indígena do Xingu , Xingu Park ( [ˌpaɾki‿ĩˌd͡ʒiʒɛnɐ du ʃĩˈɡu] , PIX) is a protected area of over 27,000 km² for indigenous peoples in Mato Grosso in the Amazon region of Brazil .

The park was the model for many other such facilities. Orlando Villas Bôas and his brothers Cláudio Villas Boas and Leonardo Villas Boas were activists for the protection of indigenous peoples. In 1961 they achieved the establishment of the Xingu National Park and the legal protection of the Xingu Indians . They operated an administrative and trading post here from 1946 to 1973 and made a significant contribution to the establishment of the Parque Indígena do Xingu on the Rio Xingú in 1961 in order to provide a shelter for the remaining ethnic minorities. This has contributed to the fact that the number of Xingu living here in 32 settlements has increased to over 3,000 today. Half of them are younger than 15 years. Xingu Park was the first piece of land in Brazil to be given over to indigenous peoples by the government.

16 indigenous peoples live in the park: Aweti , Ikpeng , Kaiabi , Kalapalo , Kamaiurá , Kuikuro , Matipu , Mehinako , Nahukuá , Kisêdjê , Trumai , Wauja , Yawalapiti and Yudjá .

The indigenous territory overlaps with the cities of Canarana , Paranatinga , São Félix do Araguaia , São José do Xingu , Gaúcha do Norte , Feliz Natal , Querência , União do Sul , Nova Ubiratã and Marcelândia .

Four zones are distinguished within, in the north Terra Capoto , in the east Terra Wawi , in the south Terra Batovi , in the west and in the middle Terra Xingu .

literature

  • Hemming, John: Die if you must: Brazilian Indians in the Twentieth century. London: Macmillan, 2003.
  • Hartmann, Günther: Comprehensive overview of the exploration of the Rio Xingú and its inhabitants (1750–1983). In: ______. Xingú: among Indians in central Brazil; on the centenary of the exploration of the Rio Xingú by Karl von den Steinen. Berlin: State Museums, 1986.
  • Bökemeier, Rolf u. Friedel, Michael: Lost people: encounters with peoples who will no longer exist tomorrow. Hamburg: Geo im Verlag, 1984.
  • Villas Bôas, Orlando u. Xingu, Cláudio. Xingu: the Indians, their myths. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.

Individual evidence

  1. Andreas Behn, taz: With a 300 year lead , August 18, 2017.
  2. a b Xingu - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .

Coordinates: 11 ° 13 ′ 56 ″  S , 53 ° 11 ′ 5 ″  W