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The Indigenous peoples in Brazil (Portuguese: povos indígenas no Brasil) comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups, who have inhabited the country prior to the European. The word índios ("Indians"), was by then established to designate the people of the Americas and is still used today in the Portuguese language to designate these ...
The name Kayapo is used by neighboring groups rather than referring by the Kayapo to themselves; they refer to outsiders as Poanjos. A type of sweet potato/tuber forms an important part of the Kayapó diet, and is sometimes named "caiapo", after the tribe. [3] It is cultivated under that name in Japan, and has been found to have health benefits ...
Portuguese claims of tribal warfare, cannibalism, and the pursuit of Amazonian brazilwood for its prized red dye convinced the colonists that they needed to "civilize" the natives (originally, the Portuguese named Brazil Terra de Santa Cruz, but it later acquired its current name (see List of meanings of countries' names) from the brazilwood ...
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This category page lists articles of citizens of Portugal who have North American ancestry or national origin. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Portuguese ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. The main article for this category is Portuguese Americans .
The name Pirahã is an exonym; the Pirahã call themselves the Híaitíihi or Hiáitihí, [3] roughly translated as "the straight ones". [4] The Pirahã speak the Pirahã language. They call any other language "crooked head". [5] Members of the Pirahã can whistle their language, which is how Pirahã men communicate when hunting in the jungle.
The notion of racial continuum and a separation of race (or skin color) and ethnicity, on the other hand, is the norm in most of Latin America. In the Spanish and Portuguese empires, racial mixing or miscegenation was the norm and something that the Spanish and Portuguese had grown rather accustomed to during the hundreds of years of contact ...