The Suruí are an indigenous people of Brazil who live in the state of Pará. They are a different people than the Suruí do Jiparaná.[2]
Aikewara | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 383 (2014)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Brazil | |
 Pará | 383 |
| Languages | |
| Suruí do Pará[2] | |
| Religion | |
| Native American religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Asuriní do Tocantins and Parakanã[2] | |
Name
editThe Suruí are also known as the Sororós,[1] Aikewara, Akewara, and Akewere people.[2]
Language
editThe Suruí do Pará language belongs to Subgroup IV of the Tupi-Guarani language family. It is written in the Latin script, and literacy rates in the language are extremely low.[2]
History
editFirst prolonged contact with the modern world came in the late 1960s. The tribe was decimated by disease. In 1960, they experienced an influenza epidemic, followed by a smallpox epidemic in 1962. The Suruí fled their homeland due to attacks by the Xikrin people.[1]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c "Suruí: Introduction." Instituto Socioambiental: Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 5 April 2012
- ^ a b c d e "Suruí do Pará." Ethnologue. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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