Potiguara

Potiguara

ethnic group
group=Potiguara


poptime=12,000
popplace=Brazil
rels=
langs=Portuguese, Potiguara
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The Potiguara (also Potyguara or Pitiguara) are a nation of indigenous people in Brazil. The Potiguara live in the state of Paraíba, in the municipalities of Marcação, Baía da Traição and Rio Tinto. Their population are 12000 Indians and occupied 26 villages at 3 reservations (Terras Indígenas): Potiguara, Jacaré de São Domingos e Potiguara de Monte-Mór. Their name "Potiguara" means "shrimp-eaters", from "poty", "shrimp", and "uara", "eater", according to Brazilian writer José de Alencar.

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*Alencar, J. (1865) "Iracema"


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