Nambikwara




For the language, see Nambikwara language.















Nambikwara
Total population
1,150 (2000)[1]
Regions with significant populations

 Brazil ( Mato Grosso)
Languages

Nambikwara, Portuguese[1]
Religion

Christian, Animist[1]
Related ethnic groups
none

The Nambikwara (also called Nambikuára) is an indigenous people of Brazil, living in the Amazon. Currently about 1,200 Nambikwara live in indigenous territories in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso along the Guaporé and Juruena rivers. Their villages are accessible from the Pan-American highway.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Name


  • 2 Language


  • 3 History


  • 4 Bands and subgroups


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Name


The Nambikwara are also known as the Alaketesu, Anunsu, Nambikwara, or Nambiquara people.[1]



Language


The Nambikwara speak the Southern Nambikuára language, which is a Nambiquaran language. A dictionary and grammar have been written for the language, which is written in the Latin script.[1]



History


The Nambikwara were first contacted in 1770 but did not experience prolonged contact with Europeans until the early 20th century, when Brazilian army official Marechal Cândido Rondon passed through Nambikwara territory to extend the telegraph lines. He estimated that there were around 10,000 Nambikwara. Shortly after contact with European Brazilians epidemics of measles and smallpox decimated the population to only 500 around 1930.[2]


The culture of the Nambikwara was the subject of studies by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, which were later analyzed by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his work Of Grammatology.



Bands and subgroups


The Nambikuara Nation is composed of many smaller bands which each have their own name.




  • Nambikwara do Sararé

    • Kabixi do Mato Grosso



  • Nambikwara do Campo of Mato Grosso — Rondônia

    • Halotesu

    • Hithaulu

    • Sawentesu

    • Wakalitesu




  • Nambikwara do Norte of Rondônia — Mato Grosso

    • Lakondê


    • Latundê, A.I. Tubarão-Latunde.


    • Mamaindê, A.I. Pirineus de Souza, and A.I. Vale do Guaporé

    • Nambikwara


    • Manduka, A.I. Pirineus de Souza


    • Negarotê, A.I. Vale do Guaporé

    • Tagnani

    • Tamaindé

    • Tawandê


    • Tawitê or Tauite.




  • Nambikwara do Sul of Mato Grosso

    • Alaketesu

    • Alantesu

    • Galera


    • Hahaintesu, A.I. Vale do Guaporé

    • Kabixi

    • Munduka


    • Waikisu, A.I. Vale do Guaporé


    • Wasusu, A.I. Vale do Guaporé




  • Sabanê
    • Sabanê, A.I. Pirineus de Souza




Notes





  1. ^ abcde "Nambikuára, Southern." Ethnologue. Retrieved 9 March 2012.


  2. ^ ab Kroeker, 2001, p.1




References



  • Kroeker, Menno (2001). "A descriptive Grammar of Nambikuara." IJAL. 67 No. 1. January. pp. 1–87.

  • Lévi-Strauss, Claude (1948). "La vie familiale et sociale des indiens nambikwara." Journal de la Société des américanistes. 37, Paris.

  • Williams, Suzanne (1983). "Land Rights and the Manipulation of Identity: Official Indian Policy in Brazil." Journal of Latin American Studies. Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 137–161.



External links



  • Nambikuára artwork, National Museum of the American Indian









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