Suruí (Pará)
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Total population | |
383 (2014)[1] | |
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Languages | |
Suruí do Pará[2] | |
Religion | |
Native American religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Asuriní do Tocantins and Parakanã[2] |
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]
Name
The Suruí are also known as the Sororós,[1] Aikewara, Akewara, and Akewere people.[2]
Language
The 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
First 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
Notes
- ^ 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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