The Banawá (also Banawa, Banavá, Jafí, Kitiya, Banauá) are an
indigenous group living along the Banawá River in the
Amazonas State, Brazil
Amazonas () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the North Region, Brazil, North Region in the northwestern corner of the country. It is List of Brazilian states by area, the largest Brazilian state by area and List of the largest ...
. Their territory is between the
Juruá and
Purus Rivers.
[ Approximately 158 Banawá people live in one major village and two smaller settlements containing a single extended family each. The Banawá, who call themselves Kitiya, speak Banawá, a dialect of the Madi language.
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History
Their territory was invaded at the end of the 19th century, during the rubber boom
The Amazon rubber boom ( pt, Ciclo da borracha, ; es, Fiebre del caucho, , 1879 to 1912) was an important part of the economic and social history of Brazil and Amazonian regions of neighboring countries, being related to the extraction and comm ...
. In the 1990s, Brazil formally recognized their land rights.[
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Notes
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Ethnic groups in Brazil
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