Suruí do Pará

Suruí do Pará
Total population
330 (2010)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Brazil ( Pará)[1]
Languages
Suruí do Pará[2]
Religion
traditional tribal religion
Related ethnic groups
Asuriní do Tocantins and Parakanã[2]

The Suruí people, are an indigenous people of Brazil, who live in the state of Pará. They are a different people than the Suruí do Jiparaná.[2]

Name

The Suruí are also known as the Suruí, Sororós,[1] Aikewara, Akewara, and Akewere people.[2]

Language

The Suruí do Pará language belongs to Subgroup IV of the Tupi-Guarani language family. It is written in the Latin script, and literacy rates in the language are extremely low.[2]

History

First prolonged contact with the modern world came in the late 1960s. The tribe was decimated by disease. In 1960, they experienced an influenza epidemic, followed by a smallpox epidemic in 1962. The Suruí fled their homeland due to attacks by the Xikrin people.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Suruí: Introduction." Instituto Socioambiental: Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 5 April 2012
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Suruí do Pará." Ethnologue. Retrieved 5 April 2012.