The Krahô (, ) are an indigenous Timbira Gê people of northeastern Brazil. The Krahô historically inhabited a portion of modern

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

along the

Balsas River The Balsas River (Spanish Río Balsas, also locally known as the Mezcala River, or Atoyac River) is a major river of south-central Mexico. The basin flows through the states of Guerrero, México, Morelos, and Puebla. Downstream of Ciudad Al ...

, but were pushed west by pioneer settlement and cattle farmers. Currently, the Krahô live on the Terra Indígena Kraolândia reservation in

Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2 ...

. The Krahô have historically been seminomadic, practicing hunting and gathering and

shifting cultivation Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned while post-disturbance fallow vegetation is allowed to freely grow while the cultivator moves on to another plot. The period of cul ...

Terra Indígena Kraolândia

Modern Krahô live on the Terra Indígena Kraolândia_, an Indigenous territory in the

Goiatins Goiatins is a municipality in the state of Tocantins in the Northern region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Tocantins This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Tocantins (TO), located in the North Region of Brazil. ...

and

Itacajá Itacajá is a municipality in the state of Tocantins in the Northern region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Tocantins This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Tocantins (TO), located in the North Region of Brazi ...

, Tocantins near the

-Tocantins border. The territory has an area of and a population of 2992. Terra_Indígena_Kraolândia

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