Araweté

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For the language, see Araweté language.
Araweté
Araweté children, 2005, photo by Avidd
Total population
467 (2014)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Brazil ( Pará)
Languages
Araweté,[2] Portuguese
Religion
Traditional tribal religion

The Araweté (also Arawate, Araueté or Bïde) are an

swidden horticulturalists native to the state of Pará.[3]

Territory

The Araweté live on the

Altamira. They have one large village, surrounded by liana forests.[2] They live on the Araweté/Igarapé Ipixuna Indigenous Land.[4]

History

The tribe could be the remnant of the

Kayapó-Xikrin. They moved to the Xingu River and displaced the Asurini.[5] The Arawaté first encountered Westerners during the 1960s, when their area was penetrated by fur traders pursuing big cats.[6] These white traders were not viewed as a threat by the Araweté, but rather as a source from which to procure iron tools.[7]

Accordingly, there are no written references to them produced prior to the 1970s.

Parakanã.[9] Pressure from the Parakanã forced the Araweté to find more a secluded homeland.[5]

The

FUNAI) found the Araweté in 1976, suffering from introduced diseases and clashes with the Parakanã. The government agency relocated the tribe in a march through the thick jungle, resulting in 30 deaths. In 1978 they settled on their current homeland, where they cope with incursions by gold miners and timber companies.[5] During the 1980s, the Arawaté lived in a single village located next to Ipixuna Indian Attraction Post on the middle Ipixuna, an eastern tributary of the Xingu River in the state of Pará.[6] In February 1983 their population numbered 136, while this had grown to 168 by February 1988.[10]

Culture

Unlike their Eastern Amazonian neighbors, the Araweté's primary crop is not manioc but a rapidly maturing maize. Ancestors are very important in their religion.[5]

Language

Araweté people speak the

Parakanã, and Tapirapé languages.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Araweté: Introduction." Povos Indígenas no Brasil. (retrieved 23 April 2019)
  2. ^ a b c d "Araweté." Ethnologue. (retrieved 5 Dec 2011)
  3. ^ Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo (1992). From the Enemy's Point of View: Humanity and Divinity in an Amazonian Society. Catherine V. Howard (translator). Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. p. 40.
  4. ^ "Araweté: Location and Population." Povos Indígenas no Brasil. (retrieved 5 Dec 2011)
  5. ^ a b c d "Araweté." Countries and Their Cultures. (retrieved 5 Dec 2011)
  6. ^ a b Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo (1992). From the Enemy's Point of View: Humanity and Divinity in an Amazonian Society. Catherine V. Howard (translator). Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. p. 30.
  7. ^ Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo (1992). From the Enemy's Point of View: Humanity and Divinity in an Amazonian Society. Catherine V. Howard (translator). Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. p. 33.
  8. ^ Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo (1992). From the Enemy's Point of View: Humanity and Divinity in an Amazonian Society. Catherine V. Howard (translator). Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. p. 37.
  9. ^ Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo (1992). From the Enemy's Point of View: Humanity and Divinity in an Amazonian Society. Catherine V. Howard (translator). Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. p. 31.
  10. ^ Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo (1992). From the Enemy's Point of View: Humanity and Divinity in an Amazonian Society. Catherine V. Howard (translator). Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 30, 56.
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