Tembé
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The Tembé, also Timbé and Tenetehara, are an
Gurupi Rivers,[2] in the state of Amazonas and Pará.[1] Their lands have been encroached and settled by farmers and loggers, who do so illegally, and the Tembé are working to expel the intruders from their territories.[1]
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Name
The Tembé call themselves Tenetehara, which means "people," or more specifically the Tenetehara people, of which the Tembé are the western subgroup and the
Guajarara are the eastern subgroup. "Tembé" is thought to come from a neighboring tribe's word, timbeb, which means "flat nose."[3]
Language
Tembé people speak the
Guajajára language.[2]
Notes
External links
- Tembé headdress, collection of the National Museum of the American Indian
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