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Parakanã people

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The Parakanã people or Parakána people are one of the Indigenous peoples in Brazil, speaking a language of the Tupi-Guarani group. They traditionally occupy land in the region of the Pacajá and Tocantins rivers, and subsist by hunting and slash-and-burn agriculture.

References

  • Olson, James Stuart (1991). The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 280–81. ISBN 978-0-31-326387-3.
  • "Introduction: Parakanã". Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Instituto Socioambiental.
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