| The Bakairi
today total around 950 people, of which 898 live on
Indigenous Lands and are distributed in the following
way:
| Municipality |
Indigenous Land
|
Local Group |
Population
|
| Nobres |
Santana |
Santana
Nova Canaã Boa Esperança Quilombo |
165
40
24
31 |
| Paranatinga |
Bakairi |
Painkun Kaiahoalo
Pakuera Alto Ramalho Painkun Âtuby Aturua
|
50
45
285
30
20
180 |
| Planalto da Serra
|
|
Sawâpa |
28 |
| Total |
02 |
11 |
898 |
Source: Taukane, 1999: 47
| Ano
|
Total
|
| 1965
|
261
|
| 1968
|
277
|
| 1977
|
386
|
| 1980
|
414
|
| 1983
|
448
|
| 1988
|
572
|
|
1996 |
651 |
|
1999 |
898 |
Marriages with non-Indians occur and if the
children resulting from these marriages observe the
basic rules of sociability of the Indians, they are
considered Bakairi.
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