Tribes
The largest Amazonian tribe in Brazil
What is the Tikuna?
This even marks the beginning of a major population decline for Indigenous peoples in Brazil
What is the arrival of Europeans in 1500?
These weapons are commonly used by many tribes for hunting
What are bows and arrows?
Most indigenous groups of Brazil live in this major region
What is the Amazon?
This spiritual role involves communicating with spirits and healing the sick
What is a shaman?
They occupy about 9.4 million hectares in the northern Amazon
Who are the Yanomami?
This was the main cause of death for Indigenous people after European contact
What are diseases brought by colonists?
Most Indigenous groups survive by this combination of activities
What are hunting, gathering, and fishing?
This is how the Indigenous peoples arrived to the Americas
What is the land bridge between Siberia and Alaska?
This drink, popular in Brazil today, originated with the Satere Mawe people
What is guaraná?
One of the smallest Amazonian tribes, consisting of only three women
Who are the Akuntsu?
About this percentage of the Indigenous population was wiped out within the first century of contact
What is 90%?
This tool, sometimes used with poison, is used by tribes like the Matis
What is a blowgun?
The Yanomami territory is roughly the size of this U.S. state
This hallucinogenic substance is used by Yanomami shamans to contact spirits
What is yakoana (or yopo)?
A critically small tribe, with only two men and one woman remaining
Who are the Piripkura?
This government agency replaced the Indian Protection Service (SPI)
What is FUNAI?
This type of detailed knowledge allows nomadic tribes to navigate and survive in the forest
What are mental maps of land and topography?
This state is home to many uncontacted tribes near the Peru border
What is Acre State?
This is the approximate number of Indigenous groups in Brazil today
What is about 270?
This tribe is known for recognizing 137 varieties of cassava
Who are the Tukano?
This violent event involved a rubber baron using dynamite against a village
What was the Massacre of the 11th Parallel?
The Awá sometimes hunt at night using torches made from this tree resin
What is the maçaranduba tree?
This protected area is known for many uncontacted tribes
What is Vale do Javari?
This is the approximate number of languages spoken by Indigenous peoples in Brazil
What is more than 160?