Aldeia Bona or Aldeia Apalaí, sometimes also known by its native name Karapaeukuru, is an Apalaí-

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village on the Eastern

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in the state of

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History

Aldeia Bona was founded in 1970 by the Fundação Nacional do Índio (FUNAI) in an effort to halt the socio-cultural disintegration that was taking place among the Apalaí and

in Brazil. An airstrip was constructed by the

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to ease access to the remote area. Shortly after its creation, Aldeia Bona housed about 60% of the Apalaí and Wayana population of the region. The concentration of the population mostly served the interests of the Brazilian government employees stationed in the village, however, and did not adhere to the criteria the indigenous Apalaí and Wayana use for founding a village. Consequently, traditional settlement patterns, i.e. small villages of a few households spread out along a large area, reemerged after a while. Still, Aldeia Bona remains the largest Apalaí-Wayana settlement on the Paru River and continues to serve as the access point to the area.

Demographics

In June 2016, Aldeia Bona had 267 inhabitants, of whom 157 were Apalaí, 105 were

and 5 were Tiriyó.

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References

* * * {{authority control Indigenous peoples in Brazil Populated places in Pará