The Cuieiras River ( pt, Rio Cuieiras) is a river in the municipality of
Maués, Amazonas state, Brazil.
Location
The Cuieiras River is a tributary of the
Rio Negro, which it enters from the left (east) upstream from
Manaus in the Anavilhanas archipelago region.
It defines the north boundary of the
Rio Negro State Park South Section
Rio Negro State Park South Section ( pt, Parque Estadual do Rio Negro Setor Sul) is a State park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
It protects an area of Amazon rainforest to the east of the Rio Negro that is home to the endangered pied tamarin.
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.
The north bank of the river is in the
Rio Negro Left Bank Environmental Protection Area
The Rio Negro Left Bank Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental Margem Esquerda do Rio Negro) is an environmental protection area in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
It protects an area of Amazon rainforest on the left ba ...
, a sustainable use conservation area created in 1995.
The forest around the river is home to the endangered
Pied tamarin
The pied tamarin (''Saguinus bicolor''), sometimes referred to as the Brazilian bare-faced tamarin, is a Critically Endangered primate species found in a restricted area of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. It was named the mascot of Manaus, Bra ...
.
People
The
Aroaqui language, now extinct, may have been spoken on the banks of the Cuieiras River.
[Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery. 2016. ]
Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas
'. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília
The University of Brasília ( pt, Universidade de Brasília, UnB) is a federal public university in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. It was founded in 1960 and has since consistently been named among the top five Brazilian universities and the ...
.
During the second half of the 20th century indigenous families from the middle
Solimões River
Solimões () is the name often given to upper stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil from its confluence with the Rio Negro upstream to the border of Peru.
Geography
The Amazon / Solimões river just above the confluence of the Solimões and ...
and the upper Rio Negro settled in areas on the banks of the Cuieiras and founded seven communities.
The communities are ethnically diverse, including
Cocama,
Baniwa,
Tucano,
Ticuna
The Ticuna (also Magüta, Tucuna, Tikuna, or Tukuna) are an indigenous people of Brazil (36,000'')'', Colombia (6,000), and Peru (7,000). They are the most numerous tribe in the Brazilian Amazon.
History
The Ticuna were originally a tribe that ...
,
Mura,
Baré,
Sateré-Mawé and
Carapana
Carapano (Karapanã, Carapana-tapuya, Möxdöá) is a Tucanoan languages, Tucanoan language of Colombia and Brazil.
Phonology
Carapano has 11 consonants, plus 3 tones: high, medium and low.
It also has 6 vowels and their nasalized forms.
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people.
There is conflict with non-indigenous families.
The river has been used for sand extraction, which the residents consider to be a source of pollution.
In 1996, indigenous families began to fight for regularisation of property ownership without gaining much support from the
Fundação Nacional do Índio
Fundação Nacional do Índio (, ''National Indian Foundation'') or FUNAI is a Brazilian governmental protection agency for Amerindian interests and their culture.
Original founding as Indian Protection Service
In 1910, the Indian Protectio ...
(National Indian Foundation, FUNAI).
In January 2014, FUNAI was directed to create a technical group to identify and demarcate the land and submit a final report within six months. One issue is that the residents are in the state park, as their presence was not considered when the park was established in the 1980s.
See also
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List of rivers of Amazonas
References
Sources
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Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Tributaries of the Rio Negro (Amazon)