Tenetehara (Guajajara)

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Tenetehara (Guajajara) is an Indigenous people of Brazil whose language belongs to the Tupi–Guaraní family and who inhabit areas of the eastern Amazon, particularly in the state of Maranhão.

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Tenetehara (Guajajara) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Guajajara NERFINISHED
Tenetehára NERFINISHED
continent South America
country Brazil
countrySubdivision Northern Region of Brazil NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupIn Maranhão NERFINISHED
ethnolinguisticGroup Tupi–Guaraní peoples NERFINISHED
facesIssue deforestation
illegal logging
land conflicts
governedBy village chiefs
hasAutonym Tenetehara NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice body painting
featherwork
ritual singing and dancing
shamanism
hasExonym Guajajara NERFINISHED
hasTerritoryType Indigenous territory (Terra Indígena)
historicalContactWith Portuguese colonizers
indigenousTo Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED
languageFamily Tupian languages NERFINISHED
Tupi–Guaraní NERFINISHED
legalProtection Brazilian Constitution of 1988 (Indigenous rights) NERFINISHED
mainHabitat tropical rainforest
notableFor defense of Indigenous territories in Maranhão
environmental activism
partOf Indigenous peoples of Brazil NERFINISHED
politicalMovement indigenous land rights activism
populationStatus recognized as Indigenous people by Brazilian state
primaryLanguage Tenetehara language NERFINISHED
region eastern Amazon NERFINISHED
relatedGroup Ka'apor NERFINISHED
Tembé NERFINISHED
other Tupi–Guaraní peoples
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism

Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

indigenous animist beliefs
selfDesignation Tenetehara NERFINISHED
socialOrganization extended family groups
state Maranhão NERFINISHED
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
slash-and-burn agriculture
usesWritingSystem Latin script (for Tenetehara language)

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Tupi–Guaraní hasLanguage Tenetehara (Guajajara)