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It is difficult to state with any precision how many Kayapó Indians live in this immense territory. In addition to the 19 communities that maintain regular contact with our society, three or four small isolated groups are known to exist, whose population is estimated between 30 and 100 inhabitants; not even the Kayapó have much direct contact with these peoples.

01:: Children playing in the village.
Photo: Gustaaf Verswijver, 1991.

Gustaaf Verswijver
anthropologist (Museum Tervuren)
gve@africamuseum.be
May, 2002

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