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POPULATION
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The Xerente presently have a population of nearly 1,800 people distributed in 33 villages. Estimates of the Xerente population have been presented at various moments in history as follows: 2,200 in 1851 (Frei Rafael de Taggia); 1,360 in 1924 (Urbino Viana); 330 in 1963 (Maybury-Lewis); 700 in 1982 (Pastor Rinaldo de Mattos); 1,000 in 1987 (FUNAI).


01:: Two Krahó visiting the Xerente
photo: David Maybury-Lewis, 1956

Luís Roberto de Paula
Doctoral student in Anthropology - Universidade de São Paulo
Researcher of MARI - Indigenous Education Group
lrpaula@usp.br
August, 1999
 
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