Biblioteca Digital Curt Nimuendajú

Coleção Nicolai

The Author has visited, in 1966, a tribal group of 150 individuals, the majority of them — a Karib speaking indigenous group divided into Tiriyó many sub-groups, which live near the international border between Guiana and northern Brazil, with the highest concentration of them settled in the Tumucumaque Indian Reservation, in Brazilian territory.
There were other indians in the visited village, elements from the Kachúyana group, attracted by the Franciscan Mission, The visited village is on the right margin of the West Paru river, near its sources, in the Tumucumaque mountains.
The intercultural and interethnic contacts established' by this group included permanent relationship with natives of the Kachúyana tribe, black and indian mestizos, and with western civilisation, namely catholic missionaries living in the village. The black and indian mestizos are a genetic result of contacts established by the Tiriyó with Guiana Mucambeiro blacks (Bushnegers) in their visits to relatives in that country.
The Tiriyó are isolated from the national economy. The bauxite exploration in the Trombetas river did not reach them and balata rubber extractors did not dare to establish contact. The missionaries task was to carry out a slow process of cultural change by introducing diversificd consumer goods, technology, and the convertion
of the indians to catholicism, To achieve this task the missionaries employ young native preachers and they also think helpful to allow the preservation of some indian cultural patterns, such as polygeny and witchcralt.
The Tumucumaque Indian Reservation, created on 16.7.68, is now threatened by road projects which are a menace to the very integrity of the Tirivó tribe.

Membros da Biblioteca podem adicionar notas, comentários e resenhas sobre as obras do acervo. Para tornar-se um membro, clique aqui. Para questões técnicas, clique na aba "Feedback".

Use o formulário abaixo para enviar-nos sugestões sobre este item, comunicar-nos problemas técnicos (por exemplo, ilegibilidade ou falta de páginas, links desatualizados, etc.) ou objeções quanto a sua inclusão. Itens marcados com um asterisco (*) são de preenchimento obrigatório.