Terra Indigena Uru-Eu-Uaw-Uaw
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Terra Indigena Uru-Eu-Uaw-Uaw is an Indian reservation located in central Rondonia, Brazil. It has a contacted Indian population of around 168 people belonging to Amondaua, Uru Pa In, Juma and Jupaú tribes(in 2002). There remains an unknown number of uncontacted Indians who belongs to 4 to 6 different tribes like Jururei and Parakua. It is one of the most unsafe TIs in Brazil and is regularly invaded by loggers and ranchers. The Jururei tribe was subjected to mass killings in 2003 and 2005. Most of the Jupaú are now Chistian, while the other tribes are entirely animist.
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