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As of the mid-twentieth century the Tapirapé numbered only about 80 individuals living in a single village at the mouth of the Tapirapé and Araguaia rivers in northeastern Mato Grosso, Brazil. Their language belongs to the Tupí-Guaraní family of languages. The Tapirapé share a reservation with a group of Karajá, riverine Indians who speak an unrelated language. Subsistence was based on hunting, fishing, gathering, and horticulture. Crafts included pottery, basketry, and hand-weaving. Villages are circular in shape with a men’s house in the center and family dwellings arranged around it.

The Tapirapé

The eating groups and work groups among the Tapirapé

Culture summary

Ceremonial redistribution in Tapirapé society

The Tapirapé during the era of reconstruction

Tapirapé social and culture change, 1940-1953

Tapirapé shamanism

World view of the Tapirapé Indians

A Tapirapé comes of age

Welcome of tears

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Baldus, Herbert	The Tapirapé	1970
Baldus, Herbert	The eating groups and work groups among the Tapirapé	1937
Flowers, Nancy May	Culture summary	2010
Shapiro, Judith R. (Judith Rae)	Ceremonial redistribution in Tapirapé society	1968
Shapiro, Judith R. (Judith Rae)	The Tapirapé during the era of reconstruction	1979
Wagley, Charles	Tapirapé social and culture change, 1940-1953	1955
Wagley, Charles	Tapirapé shamanism	9430
Wagley, Charles	World view of the Tapirapé Indians	1940
Wagley, Charles	A Tapirapé comes of age	1945
Wagley, Charles	Welcome of tears	1977

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