The ''Encyclopedia of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil'' is a specialized

encyclopedia An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles ...

about the

indigenous peoples in Brazil Indigenous peoples in Brazil ( pt, povos indígenas no Brasil) or Indigenous Brazilians ( pt, indígenas brasileiros, links=no) once comprised an estimated 2000 tribes and nations inhabiting what is now the country of Brazil, before European con ...

, published online since 1998 by the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). It presents over 200 articles with

ethnographic Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject ...

information about indigenous peoples in Brazil, as well as analyses, news and other indigenous-related material. In 2013 it was awarded with the Rodrigo de Melo Franco Prize, by the Brazilian

National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage The National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute (, IPHAN) is a heritage register of the federal government of Brazil. It is responsible for the preservation of buildings, monuments, structures, objects and sites, as well as the register and ...

, for its services in communicating indigenous cultures and heritage.National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN), Rodrigo de Melo Franco Prize
Award-winning initiatives
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