Xingu Indians
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The indigenous people living on the upper reaches of the Rio Xingu in Mato Grosso , Brazil , are called Xingu Indians , also simply Xingu . Xingu is an umbrella term for several groups that speak four different languages.
In the centuries since the European invasion, they had fled from various parts of the country to the region on the upper reaches of the Río Xingú while fleeing from settlers . At the end of the 19th century, around 3,000 of the native people lived on the Alto Xingu , whose rapids they protected from European invaders. By the middle of the 20th century this number had been decimated to below 1,000 by various epidemics such as influenza , measles and malaria .
Two Brazilians, Orlando Villas Bôas and his brother, 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 Alto Xingu in 1961 to give the remaining ethnic minorities a shelter Offer. This has contributed to the fact that the number of Xingu people living here in 32 settlements has risen to over 3,000 today, half of whom are younger than 15 years.
The Xingu living in this region have very similar customs and social systems despite their different languages. They are made up of the following indigenous groups: the Aweti , Ikpeng , Kaiabi , Kalapalo , Kamaiurá , Kuikuro , Matipu , Mehinako , Nahukuá , Kisêdjê , Trumai , Wauja , Yawalapiti and Yudjá .
See also
Web links
- Povo: Xingu , website Povos Indígenas no Brasil of the Instituto Socioambiental (English, Brazilian Portuguese)
- Literature about the Xingu in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin
Individual evidence
- ^ Xingu - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Bruna Franchetto (Ed.): Alto Xingu. Uma sociedade multilíngue . Museu do Indio, FUNAI, Rio de Janeiro 2011, ISBN 978-85-85986-34-6 ( academia.edu ).