The Kanoê (also as the Canoe, Kapixaná and Kapixanã)
are an
indigenous people
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territ ...
of southern
Rondônia
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Amazonas, Brazil, Amazonas in the north, Mato Grosso in the east, and Bo ...
,
Brazil
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, near the
Bolivia
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n border. There are two major groups of Kanoê: one residing in the region of the
Guaporé River
Guaporé River (, ) is a river in western Brazil and northeastern Bolivia. It is long; of the river forms the border between Brazil and Bolivia.
The Guaporé is part of the Madeira River basin, which eventually empties into the Amazon River. T ...
and another in the
Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory
The Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory is an indigenous territory for isolated indigenous peoples in Rondônia, Brazil. The territory consists of 26,000 hectares of forest on the Omerê River and is home to the Kanoê
The Kanoê (also as the Can ...
. The latter consists of just five individuals following violent contact with settlers in the last few decades.
The Kanoê of the Guaporé River have also had a troubled history of interaction with colonists; significantly reduced in population, they are now largely
assimilated into neighbouring indigenous and non-indigenous peoples.
Language
The
Kanoê language
Kanoê or Kapishana is a nearly extinct language isolate of Rondônia, Brazil. The Kapishana people now speak Portuguese or other indigenous languages from intermarriage.
The language names are also spelled ''Kapixana, Kapixanã,'' and ''Cano ...
is an isolated, almost
extinct
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language isolate
A language isolate is a language that has no demonstrable genetic relationship with any other languages. Basque in Europe, Ainu and Burushaski in Asia, Sandawe in Africa, Haida and Zuni in North America, Kanoê in South America, and Tiwi ...
.
See also
*
Genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil
*
Man of the Hole
The Man of the Hole ( – ), or the Tanaru Indian, was an Indigenous person who lived alone in the Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. He was the sole inhabitant of the Tanaru Indigenous Territory, a protected Indigenous t ...
References
External links
Instituto Socioambiental - ISA at Google Cultural Institute
Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
Genocide of Indigenous peoples of South America
Uncontacted peoples in the Amazon
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