The Aikanã are an
indigenous people of Brazil, living in the state of
Rondônia, in the western Amazonian lowlands. They are also known as the Massacá, Tubarão, Columbiara, Mundé, Mondé, Huari and Aikaná.[1]
Land
The Aikanã's traditional lands are in the region of the
Guaporé River. In 1970, the
Brazilian government moved the tribe onto the Tubarão-Latundê Indigenous Territory, with poor soil. They have three villages and live in nearby cities, such as
Vilhena.[3]
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