The name Kayapo emerged in the early 19th century, given by neighboring groups, and means “those who resemble monkeys,” although they call themselves Mebêngôkré, “the people of the place of water.” Kayapo population and ecosystem The Kayapo people live in villages scattered across the upper basin of several tributaries of the Xingu River in central […]
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The Yanomami tribe make up the largest relatively isolated indigenous people of the Amazonia (Venezuela) in South America, numbering 38,000. They live in the jungles and mountains of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela. These two areas together make up the largest jungle indigenous territory in the world. In Venezuela, the Yanomami live in the Alto […]
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