The Banawá (also Banawa, Banavá, Jafí, Kitiya, Banauá) are an
indigenous group living along the Banawá River in the
Amazonas State, Brazil. Their territory is between the
Juruá and
Purus Rivers.[1] Approximately 158 Banawá people live in one major village and two smaller settlements containing a single extended family each. The Banawá, who call themselves Kitiya, speak
Banawá, a dialect of the
Madi language.
History
Their territory was invaded at the end of the 19th century, during the
rubber boom. In the 1990s, Brazil formally recognized their land rights.[1]
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