The Kadiwéu are an indigenous people of Brazil. In 1998, they lived in four villages, with some families living independently in the jungle."Kadiweu."
''Countries and Their Cultures.'' (retrieved 3 Dec 2011)Fabre, Alain (2006). ''Los guaykurú'', Part 3 of ''Los pueblos del Gran Chaco y sus lenguas''. Suplemento Antropológico, volume 41 issue 2, pp. 7–132. Asunción, Paraguay
Online version
updated 2009-07-30, accessed on 2010-08-20. They are known for their horse riding skills."Kadiwéu: Introduction."
''Povos Indígenos no Brasil.'' (retrieved 3 Dec 2011)

Name

Their name is now spelled "Kadiwéu" in Portuguese (plural Kadiwéus). The Kadiweu are also known as the Cadiguebo, Cadioeo, Caduveo, Caduvéo, Caduví, Cayua, Guaicuru, Kadiveo, Kadivéu, Kadiweu, Kaduveo, Kaiwa, or Mbayá-Guaikurú.

Language

They are a branch of the

Guaycuru peoples Guaycuru or Guaykuru is a generic term for several ethnic groups Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous to the Gran Chaco region of South America, speaking related Guaicuruan languages. In the 16th century, the time of first contact wit ...

and speak the characteristic Kadiweu language that belongs to the

Guaicuruan Guaicuruan (Guaykuruan, Waikurúan, Guaycuruano, Guaikurú, Guaicuru, Guaycuruana) is a language family spoken in northern Argentina, western Paraguay, and Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul). The speakers of the languages are often collectively called ...

language family. They are the last surviving group of

Mbayá people The Mbayá or ''Mbyá'' are an indigenous people of South America which formerly ranged on both sides of the Paraguay River, on the north and northwestern Paraguay frontier, eastern Bolivia, and in the adjacent province of Mato Grosso do Sul, Braz ...

Territory

The Kadiweu today live in the Kadiweu Indigenous Land, a large reserve established in 1903, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the municipality of Porto Murtinho, between the

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and the Nabileque and Aquidavão rivers.

History

The Kadiweu are the largest surviving branch of the

. The Mbayá were raiders in the 18th century and numbered 4,000, but smallpox and influenza radically decreased their population at the end of the 18th century. During the

War of Triple Alliance The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It was the deadlies ...

of 1865–1870, the Kadiweu fought against Paraguay on the side of Brazil.

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External links

Kadiwéu artwork
National Museum of the American Indian {{DEFAULTSORT:Kadiweu People Indigenous peoples in Brazil Indigenous peoples of Eastern Brazil