Group: | Atikum |
Population: | 7,929 (2012)[1] |
Popplace: | |
Rels: | Traditional tribal religion |
Langs: | Portuguese, historically Atikum[2] |
The Atikum, also known as Huamuê or Uamué, are an indigenous people of Brazil that live in Bahia and Pernambuco.[2]
They have 20 villages within the Atikum Indigenous Land, and their territory is near Carnaubeira da Penha.[3]
Known as the "civilized Indians of the Umã Hills," the Arikum sought federal recognition from the Brazilian government beginning in the 1940s.[1]
Today Atikum people speak Portuguese. Formerly they spoke the Atikum language, a linguistic isolate.[2]