Aikewara | |
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Total population | |
383 (2014) [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil | |
Pará | 383 |
Languages | |
Suruí do Pará [2] | |
Religion | |
Native American religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Asuriní do Tocantins and Parakanã [2] |
The Suruí are an indigenous people of Brazil who live in the state of Pará. They are a different people than the Suruí do Jiparaná. [2]
The Suruí are also known as the Sororós, [1] Aikewara, Akewara, and Akewere people. [2]
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]
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]