Brazil
turned 500 in 2000 and still ignores the immense diversity of the Indigenous peoples living in its territory (who
they are). It is estimated that, at the time the Europeans first arrived, there were more than 1,000 denominations, with a total of
between 2 and 4 million people. Today they are 227 peoples (general table), speaking more than 180 different languages
and adding up to approximately 370,000 individuals (how many they are). The majority of this population
is distributed among thousands of villages located within 593
Terras Indígenas (Indigenous Lands) - TIs - spread throughout the national territory (where
they are).
Here you also find specific information about each Indigenous people.
In order to contribute for the knowledge about and respect for these
populations, this area of the site of the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)
presents updated and qualified information on the different Indigenous
peoples that live in contemporary Brazil through introductory texts,
photographs, news, analyses, maps, illustrations, lists, tables and
indications of additional information sources.
This material is the result of more than 25 years of research, started
by the Centro Ecumênico de Documentação e Informação
(CEDI), continued by our staff’s
daily work and supported by a vast network of ISA’s collaborators.
