Canela
South Americaprimarily hunter-gatherersMap
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The Canela are an indigenous people of northeast central Brazil. Traditionally they occupied an area between the wet Amazon basin and the dry northeast region, but since the late twentieth century have lived on reservation lands in central Maranhão state. Their subsistence was based on hunting, fishing, and gathering supplemented by the growing of minor crops such a manioc, corn, sweet potatoes, yams, peanuts, and squash. The social organization of the Canela was complex, involving several moieties, a number of men’s societies, high and low ceremonial groups, and formal and informal friendship systems.
Identifier
Region
- South America
Subregion
- Eastern South America
Subsistence Type
- primarily hunter-gatherers
Samples
Countries
- Brazil