Nambikwara

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The Nambikwara is an Amazonian Amerindian tribe, the subject of study by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, which was itself then subjected to a deconstruction by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his Of Grammatology. The subdivisions of Nambikwara are: Nambikwara do Sarare (Only one surviving group - Kabixi do Mato Grosso, with a population of 100), Nambikwara do Campo of Mato Grosso - Rondonia (Surviving groups: Halotesu (Pop: 40),Hithaulu, Sawentesu,Wakalitesu), Nambikwara do Norte of Rondonia - Mato Grosso (Groups: Lakondê ,Latundê (Pop: 100, Rondônia),Mamaindê (Pop: 100, Mato Grosso),Nambikwara (Pop:1,100),Manduka,Negarotê (Pop:40),Sabanê (Pop: 200),Tagnani,Tamaindé,Tawandê (Pop: 20) & Tawitê), Nambikwara do Sul of Mato Grosso (Pop:900, Groups: Alaketesu,Alantesu,Galera (Pop:150),Hahaintesu,Kabixí,Munduka,Waikisu & Wasusu). The now-extinct groups are : Anunzê,Nênê(Rondônia),Congoré(Mato Grosso),Kokozú,Uaintaçu(Mato Grosso) & Wakletoçu.