Tapiitawa is a small
Tapirapé Indian village in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
of
Confresa,
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP.
Neighborin ...
,
Brazil
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.
By 1953 it was the home of the last survivors of the Tapirapé people, which by then were reduced to 51 individuals. Thanks to the help of a group of missionary nuns (the
Little Sisters of Jesus
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Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus 1898 - 198 ...
) and protective measures by the Brazilian government, the population began to recover, and was 136 in 1976. The town has a public school.
References
* Baldus, Herbert (1970). Tapirapé: tribe Tupí no Brazil central. São Paulo: editora da universidade de São Paulo, companhia editora nacional. 1970.
* Wagley, Charles (1977). Welcome of Tears: The Tapirapé Indians of Central Brazil. Waveland Press 1983.
External links
Education strengthens ethnic values and indigenous culture by Marcelo Manzatti (2006, in Portuguese)
Populated places in Mato Grosso
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