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Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

Indigenous people of Brazil

Field	Value
group	Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau
native_name	Jupaú
population	152
total_ref
total_year	November 2023
popplace	Brazil (Rondônia)
rels	Animism
langs	Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau dialect

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau are an indigenous people of Brazil, living in the state of Rondônia.

They live in six villages on the borders of the Uru-Eu-Uaw-Uaw Indigenous Territory, which is shared by two other contacted groups, the Amondawa and Uru Pa In, the latter who speak a Chapacuran language, as well as the Jurureí, Parakua, and two uncontacted tribes whose names are not known.

Name

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people call themselves Jupaú. They are also (mistakenly) known as the Amondauas, Bocas-negras, Bocas-pretas, Cabeça-vermelha, Cautários, Sotérios, Urupain, as well as Jupaú, Black-Mouths, Red-Heads, Urueu-Wau-Wau.

History

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau came into contact with non-Natives, specifically the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) in 1981. The subsequent introduction of diseases, and violent attacks by outsiders, caused a drastic decrease in population from the initially estimated count of fewer than 1,000.

Rubber harvesters disputed FUNAI's demarcation of Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau lands. In 1991, one of the world's largest known tin deposits was discovered in Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau lands.

After 1993 their population began increasing again. The Uru-Eu-Uaw-Uaw Indigenous Territory was established by the Brazilian government to protect the tribes and only Indians can legally live in the indigenous territory; however, loggers and miners have regularly invaded their lands. In the 2022 documentary The Territory, released by National Geographic, Bitaté, an Indigenous leader of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, stated the population was approximately 180.

Missionaries are active among the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, and an non-governmental organization called Kanindé is trying to fight outside influences and assimilationists on the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau.

Language

Main article: Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau dialect

Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau is one of the nine varieties of the Kagwahiva language, a Tupi–Guarani language, subgroup VI.

Culture

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau are hunter-gatherers. They use a poison made from tree bark on their arrows when hunting tapir and other game. They are known for their distinctive tattoos around their mouths made from genipapo, a black vegetal dye.

Notes

References

"Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". Povos Indígenas no Brasil.
"Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau". [[SIL International]].
Loren McIntyre. (December 1988). "Last Days of Eden: Rondônia's Urueu-Wau-Wau Indians". [[National Geographic]].
"Urueu-Wau-Wau". World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
[http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/2156 "Massive Invasion of Isolated Indians' Land."] ''Survival International.'' 12 Jan 2007 (retrieved 26 April 2011)
(2022). "[[The Territory (2022 film)". [[National Geographic]].

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