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The Potiguara (also Potyguara or Pitiguara) are an
According to José de Alencar, the Potiguara were allies of the Portuguese during Brazil's colonial period, especially during the Dutch invasion of Brazil. António Filipe Camarão, a chief of the Potiguara in the seventeenth century was rewarded with a noble title and membership in the prestigious Order of Christ for his loyal service to the crown against the Dutch invaders in Brazil. Indigenous peoples were recruited as allies on both sides of the conflict in which ultimately the Dutch were defeated and expelled.Francis A. Dutra, "Dutch in Colonial Brazil" in ''Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture'', vol. 2, p. 415. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1996.
indigenous people
Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...
of Brazil
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. The Potiguara people live in Paraíba, in the municipalities of Marcação
Marcação is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.
See also
*List of municipalities in Paraíba
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Paraíba (PB), located in the Northeast Region of Braz ...
, Baía da Traição and Rio Tinto. Their population numbers sixteen thousand individuals, who occupy 26 villages in 3 reservations ('' Terras Indígenas''): Potiguara, Jacaré de São Domingos e Potiguara de Monte-Mor. Their name, ''Potiguara'', means "shrimp
Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are ref ...
-eaters", from ''poty'', "shrimp", and ''uara'', "eater", according to Brazilian writer
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José de Alencar.
History
According to José de Alencar, the Potiguara were allies of the Portuguese during Brazil's colonial period, especially during the Dutch invasion of Brazil. António Filipe Camarão, a chief of the Potiguara in the seventeenth century was rewarded with a noble title and membership in the prestigious Order of Christ for his loyal service to the crown against the Dutch invaders in Brazil. Indigenous peoples were recruited as allies on both sides of the conflict in which ultimately the Dutch were defeated and expelled.Francis A. Dutra, "Dutch in Colonial Brazil" in ''Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture'', vol. 2, p. 415. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1996.
References
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