Kiriri people are
indigenous people of Eastern Brazil. Their name is also spelled Cariri or Kariri and is a
Tupi word meaning "silent" or "tactiturn."
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History
The French Capuchin missionary Martin of Nantes Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Aus ...
(1638–1714) was the apostle of the Kariri people on the São Francisco River
The São Francisco River (, ) is a large river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil (after the Amazon, the Paraná and t ...
between 1672 and 1683.
The various Kariri peoples were settled in different towns (''aldeia'') and villages (''vila''), listed as follows.[DANTAS, Beatriz G., SAMPAIO, José Augusto L. and CARVALHO, Maria do Rosário G. "Os Povos Indígenas no Nordeste Brasileiro: Um Esboço Histórico". In: M. Carneiro da Cunha (org.), História dos Índios no Brasil. São Paulo: FAPESP/SMC/ Companhia das Letras. pp. 431-456. 1992.]
Territory
Today a large portion of their traditional homelands is still called the Cariris region. Within this region are two cities, Crato and Juazeiro do Norte
Juazeiro do Norte is a city in the state of Ceará state in northeastern Brazil. It is located 491 km south of the state capital Fortaleza in the semiarid sertão. The municipality has a population of 276,264 (2020 official estimate) and cov ...
.
The Chapada Diamantina has a dramatic landscape with high plains, table-top mesas, and steep cliffs or towers known as 'tepuy.' Before the arrival of the Portuguese in the 19th century, the only local inhabitants of the region were indigenous Indians from the Maracas and Cariris tribes. In 1985, the Chapada Diamantina National Park was created with its headquarters in Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is one ...
.
Kiriri people live in the Kiriri Indigenous Territory Kiriri may refer to:
* Kiriri, Kenya
*Kiriri people, an indigenous people of Brazil
* Kiriri, variant of Keriri, Indigenous name for Hammond Island (Queensland)
Languages
*Kiriri languages, or Kariri languages, a group of extinct languages spoken ...
, an indigenous territory. Through their successful political organization, they were able to expel 1,200 non-native squatters from their lands since 1990.[
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Notes
External links
Ritual of the Toré
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Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Indigenous peoples of Eastern Brazil