Tupiniquim - Citizendia

Chief (Cacique) Tupiniquim (Brasília, 2007)

Tupiniquim is the name of an Amerindian tribe who now only live in three reservations (reservas indígenas in Portuguese). Brasília (bɾaˈziliɐ is the Capital of Brazil. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country along a Plateau For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. All three are located in the municipality of Aracruz in northern Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil. Aracruz is the name of a municipality and its capital on the central eastern coast of Espírito Santo, Brazil. For the Portuguese company see Espírito Santo Financial Group Espírito Santo (is |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld As of 1997 their population was of 1. 386. They are speakers of Portuguese and no longer speak their native language which was a member of the Tupi-Guarani family. Tupi-Guarani ( is the name of the most important subfamily of the Tupi languages of South America.

Historically the Tupiniquim inhabited a large tract of coast from about 200 km south of Salvador down to São Mateus river. This is north of the present day Aracruz reservations and extended for about 600 km. Present day Reservations have been inhabited by the Tupiniquim since the founding of Santa Cruz and Nova Almeida (then Reis Magos), both of which had a large Amerindian majority in their populations during their first 200 years or so. Nova Almeida is a town in the Municipality of Serra, in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The name of the three reservations they now inhabit are Caieiras Velhas, Pau-Brasil, and Comboios. Comboios is a village of the Tupiniquim people in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. This community lives in an area covered with rainforests. Rainforests are Forests characterized by high Rainfall with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750–2000 mm (68-78 inches

Aracruz Cellulose has a land dispute with them. Aracruz Celulose SA ( Bovespa: ARCZ3 ARCZ5 ARCZ6) ( ( Latibex: XARAB is a major Brazilian manufacturer of pulp. In the 1990s, due to the devastation caused by this corporation, few of the previously about 40 villages remained.

See also