Timbira refers to a number of related

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s of

Timbira Timbira refers to a number of related ethnolinguistic groups of Timbira-speaking Gê peoples native to Northern and Northeastern Brazil. Among those peoples grouped under the name are the Apanyekrá, Apinajé, Kanela, Gavião (Jê), Krahô ...

-speaking Gê peoples native to

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and

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. Among those peoples grouped under the name are the Apanyekrá, Apinajé, Kanela,

Gavião (Jê) The Gavião are an indigenous people of Brazil, part of the Jê peoples. They are divided into two groups: the Parkatêjê living on the Tocantins River in the state of Pará, and the Pykobjê people of the state of Maranhão. There were about ...

, Krahô, Krinkatí, and Pukobyê.

References

Indigenous peoples in Brazil Indigenous peoples of Eastern Brazil {{Brazil-ethno-group-stub