Xukuru-Kariri
Indigenous people of Brazil
The Xukuru-Kariri are an Indigenous people of Brazil, living in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, and Minas Gerais. They numbered 1,700 in 2020.
History
The Xukuru-Kariri were formed from a number of Indigenous peoples living in the region of the Serra da Cafurna near Palmeira dos Índios. The Xukuru and Kariri peoples were predominant in the region. A number of Kariri groups merged with the Wakóna or Aconã, and the Carapotó; in 1938, the surviving Wakóna already called themselves Xukuru-Kariri. The Xukuru are reported to have migrated from Cimbres (now Pesqueira) in 1740, the Kariri at a later date from Porto Real do Colégio, and the Waconã from the São Francisco River.
In 2016, a leader of the Xukuru-Kariri people, João Natalício Xukuru-Kariri, was stabbed to death outside his home; reports suggested that two men had murdered him.
Location
The Xukuru-Kariri reside predominantly in the Xukuru Kariri Indigenous Territory, located in Palmeira dos Índios.
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