Mehĩ | |
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Total population | |
2,000+ (1999) | |
1930 | 400 |
1989 | 1,198 |
Regions with significant populations | |
Tocantins, Brazil | |
Languages | |
Krahô, Portuguese |
The Krahô ( /ˈkrɑːhoʊ/, Portuguese: Craós) are an indigenous Timbira Gê people of northeastern Brazil. The Krahô historically inhabited a portion of modern Maranhão along the Balsas River, but were pushed west by pioneer settlement and cattle farmers. [1] [2] Currently, the Krahô live on the Terra Indígena Kraolândia reservation in Tocantins.
The Krahô have historically been seminomadic, practicing hunting and gathering and shifting cultivation. [3]
Modern Krahô live on the Terra Indígena Kraolândia, an Indigenous territory in the Goiatins and Itacajá, Tocantins near the Maranhão-Tocantins border. The territory has an area of 303,000 hectares (1,170 sq mi) and a population of 2992. [1] [4]