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The Karajá are found on or near the island of Bananal on the middle Rio Araguaia, in central Brazil. Settlements consist of houses strung along rivers, and subsistence is based primarily on fishing, supplemented by shifting horticulture, hunting, and gathering. There is some participation in the market economy through commercial fishing, cattle herding, and handicrafts for sale to tourists, especially weaving. Dual descent emphasizes the matriline, although patrilineal moieties determine inheritance of ceremonial roles and chieftainship.

Through the wildernesses of Brazil by horse, canoe and float

The kinship system and social structure of the Caraja Indians

Contributions to the ethnography of Brazil

The Arawana, or fish dance, of the Caraja Indians of Matto Grosso, Brazil

Caraja and Cayapó artifacts from Brazil

The art of the Caraja Indians (Goiás State, Brazil)

In the wilderness of Brazil

The Caraja

Carajá cosmography

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Cook, William Azel	Through the wildernesses of Brazil by horse, canoe and float	1909
Dietschy, Hans	The kinship system and social structure of the Caraja Indians	1963
Ehrenreich, Paul	Contributions to the ethnography of Brazil	1891
Gow-Smith, Francis	The Arawana, or fish dance, of the Caraja Indians of Matto Grosso, Brazil	1925
Gow-Smith, Francis	Caraja and Cayapó artifacts from Brazil	1925
Krause, Fritz,1881-1963	The art of the Caraja Indians (Goiás State, Brazil)	1912
Krause, Fritz,1881-1963	In the wilderness of Brazil	1911
Lipkind, William	The Caraja	1948
Lipkind, William	Carajá cosmography	1940
Taveira, Edna Luísa de Melo	Culture Summary	2018

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