12°50′S 61°06′W / 12.83°S 61.10°W
The Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory is an indigenous territory for isolated indigenous peoples in Rondônia, Brazil. The territory consists of 26,000 hectares of forest on the Omerê River[1] and is home to the Kanoê and Akuntsu tribes. Both tribes were the victims of severe massacres by cattle ranchers in the 1970s and 1980s.[2][3] As of 2016[update], the Akuntsu number just four individuals and the Rio Omerê Kanoê five.[4][1] The two tribes are separate peoples speaking mutually unintelligible languages, but are linked by marriage.[1] Several loggers and cattle ranchers also remain in the territory despite attempts to eject them and continue to pose a threat to its indigenous inhabitants.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). "The Kanoê of the Omerê River > Kanoê". Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). "Introduction > Akuntsu". Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). "Introduction > Kanoê". Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ Survival International. "Leader and last ever shaman of tiny Amazon tribe dies in Brazil". Survival International. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ Adams, Guy (13 October 2009). "Decline of a tribe: and then there were five". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
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