The Xukuru (Xucuru) are an
indigenous people of Brazil, with a population of approximately 8,500, living in the state of
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
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They have recently gained governmental recognition of their rights to their indigenous homeland in the
Ororubá Mountains, though this has brought them into conflict with the local settler population of the region. In 1998, a Xukuru leader, Chicão (Francisco Lacerda, also Cacique Xikão), was assassinated, apparently because of his opposition to the encroachment of ranchers in Xukuru territory. However his children carried on his legacy.
An extensive ethnography has been written by Hohenthal (1954).
[Hohenthal, Jr., W. D. 1954. Notes on the Shucurú Indians of Serra de Ararobá, Pernambuco, Brazil. Revista do Museu Paulista (Nova Série) 8. 93-164. São Paulo.]
References
External links
www.xukuru.de
Ethnic groups in Brazil
Indigenous peoples of Eastern Brazil
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