Suisuimënë
Suisuimënë
Xuixuimënë | |
|---|---|
  Suisuimënë Location in Brazil  Suisuimënë Suisuimënë (Brazil) | |
| Coordinates: 0°51′12″N 54°38′46″W / 0.85333°N 54.64611°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Pará |
| Municipality | Almeirim |
| Government | |
| • Chief | Jehje Wayana |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 74[1] |
Suisuimënë or Xuixuimënë[1] is an Apalaí-Wayana village on the Eastern Paru River in the state of Pará in Brazil. Suisuimënë is one of the larger villages along the Paru river and has an airstrip.[2][3]
Jehje Wayana is the chief of the village.[4][5]
Apart from its Apalaí-Wayana majority, the village also has a small Wayampi community.[3]
Geography[edit]
Suisuimënë lies about 23.5 kilometres (14.6 mi) downstream the Paru river from the village of Kurupohpano and about 37 kilometres (23 mi) upstream from the village of Jolokoman.
Demographics[edit]
In June 2016, Suisuimënë had 69 inhabitants, of whom 41 were Wayana, 17 were Apalaí and 11 were Wayampi.[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Iori van Velthem Linke (2018). "Gestão territorial e ambiental nas terras indígenas do Rio Paru de Leste: um desafio coletivo no norte da Amazônia brasileira". University of Brasília (in Portuguese). p. 71. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Ricardo 1983, p. 139.
- ^ a b Van Velthem & Van Velthem Linke 2010, p. 15.
- ^ "Tïhamo, Tëpïhamo: Alimentação, Saberes e Fazeres Associados entre os Wayana e Aparai". museudoindio.gov.br. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Intercâmbio entre artesãos Wayana e Aparai com pesquisadores Baniwa no Alto Rio Negro". institutoiepe.org.br.
- ^ "Caracterização do DSEI Amapá e Norte do Pará, conforme Edital de Chamada Pública n. 2/2017 (item 3.1)" (PDF). portalarquivos.saude.gov.br. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
References[edit]
- Ricardo, Carlos Alberto, ed. (1983). Povos indígenas no Brasil vol. 3: Amapá / Norte do Pará (PDF). São Paulo: CEDI.
- Van Velthem, Lucia Hussak; Van Velthem Linke, Iori Leonel H. (2010). Livro da Arte Gráfica Wayana e Aparai: Waiana anon imelikut pampila – Aparai zonony imenuru papeh (PDF). Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Índio – FUNAI / IEPÉ. ISBN 978-85-85986-29-2.
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