Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory Explained

The Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory is an indigenous territory for isolated indigenous peoples in Rondônia, Brazil. The territory consists of 26,000 hectares of forest on the Omerê River^[1] and is home to the Kanoê and Akuntsu tribes. Both tribes were the victims of severe massacres by cattle ranchers in the 1970s and 1980s.^{[2] [3]}, the Akuntsu number just four individuals and the Rio Omerê Kanoê five.^[4] The two tribes are separate peoples speaking mutually unintelligible languages, but are linked by marriage. Several loggers and cattle ranchers also remain in the territory despite attempts to eject them and continue to pose a threat to its indigenous inhabitants.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Kanoê of the Omerê River > Kanoê. Povos Indígenas no Brasil. 8 March 2011. Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). 23 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723172416/http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/kanoe/342. live.
2. Web site: Introduction > Akuntsu. Povos Indígenas no Brasil. 8 March 2011. Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). 27 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130227173412/http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/akuntsu. live.
3. Web site: Introduction > Kanoê. Povos Indígenas no Brasil. 8 March 2011. Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). 16 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110216020519/http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/kanoe. live.
4. Web site: Leader and last ever shaman of tiny Amazon tribe dies in Brazil. Survival International. Survival International. 24 August 2016. Survival International. 26 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160826113426/http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/11304. live.
5. News: Adams. Guy. Decline of a tribe: and then there were five. 8 March 2011. The Independent. 13 October 2009. 12 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110212010932/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/decline-of-a-tribe-and-then-there-were-five-1801795.html. live.