Enawene Nawe
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The Enawenê-Nawê are an
Iquê River in the Enawenê Nawê Indigenous Land.[1]
They practice agriculture, fishing, and gathering and do not hunt or eat red meat.
The Enawene Nawe are a relatively isolated people who were first contacted in 1974 by Vicente Cañas. They numbered 566 in 2012,[1] up from 320 in 2000. In 2014 their number grew to 737.[2]
Name
The Enawené-Nawé are also known as the Enawenê-nawê,[1] Eneuene-Mare or Salumã people. They are distinct from the Salumá people in Pará.[2]
Language
The
Arawakan language family.[2]
Current issues
These people are endangered by corporations that encroach on their land and pollute the rivers from which they obtain their source of food. Many dams have been built or are under construction on the Juruena river that pollute the water and kill many of the fish. Without fish, there is no food for the Enawene Nawe people, as they eat no red meat. Many people believe it is
NGOs like Survival International. Also, they believe the nearby land is home to many important spirits, but the land is being destroyed by ranchers, who continue to build dams and who have threatened violence if the members of the tribe perform their rites, such as Yaokwa, their ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e "Enawenê-nawê: Introduction." Instituto Socioambiental: Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 28 March 2012
- ^ a b c d "Enawené-Nawé." Ethnologue. 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ "Enawene Nawe: Dams". Survival International. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order". UNESCO Culture Sector. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
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