The Xingu are an indigenous people of Brazil living near the Xingu River. They are the Aweti, Kalapalo, Kamaiurá, Kayapó, Kuikuro, Matipu, Mehinako, Nahukuá, Suyá, Trumai, Wauja and the Yawalapiti …

For five centuries after Europeans arrived in Brazil, the ferocity of the tribes of the Xingu combined with the difficulty of access to the area to keep the agents of destruction at bay.

Deep in the lower Amazon Basin lies the Xingu National Park. This remote 9,000 square mile region is one of the last refuges of endangered native Brazilian Indian tribes.

Driving to the Xingu Indigenous Territory, in the Amazon basin, you are surrounded by miles and miles of soy, corn and cotton plantations. It’s very dry in July and August and there is little sign of wildlife.

Jul 11, 2022 · With their households, food and cultures violated, the Xingu peoples see themselves as threatened by aggression on various fronts.

Xingu River, river in Mato Grosso and Pará states, Brazil. The river rises on the Planalto (plateau) do Mato Grosso, in the drainage basin framed by the Serra do Roncador and the Serra Formosa …

Traversing the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará, the Xingu River is an eastern tributary of the Amazon, spanning 1,979 kilometers in length. Near its mouth, the Xingu expands into an immense …

The Xingu are an indigenous people of Brazil living near the Xingu River. They are the Aweti, Kalapalo, Kamaiurá, Kayapó, Kuikuro, Matipu, Mehinako, Nahukuá, Suyá, Trumai, Wauja and the Yawalapiti …

Oct 20, 2025 · Xingu was located in a transition area between the Brazilian Highlands and Amazonian Lowlands, on the shores of the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon River, with an average …

Jan 16, 2024 · The rivers that cut through the park, such as the Xingu itself and its tributaries, are true natural arteries that sustain the lives of countless animal species, including humans.