Krahô Explained

Group:	Krahô
Native Name:	Mehĩ
Languages:	Krahô, Portuguese
Population:	2,000+
Total Year:	1999
Total1 Year:	1900
Total2:	400
Total2 Year:	1930
Total3:	1,198
Total3 Year:	1989
Regions:	Tocantins, Brazil

The Krahô are an indigenous Timbira Gê people of northeastern Brazil. The Krahô historically inhabited a portion of modern Maranhão along the Balsas River, but were pushed west by pioneer settlement and cattle farmers.^{[1] [2]} Currently, the Krahô live on the Terra Indígena Kraolândia reservation in Tocantins.

The Krahô have historically been seminomadic, practicing hunting and gathering and shifting cultivation.^[3]

Terra Indígena Kraolândia

Modern Krahô live on the Terra Indígena Kraolândia_, an Indigenous territory in the Goiatins and Itacajá, Tocantins near the Maranhão-Tocantins border. The territory has an area of 303000ha and a population of 2992.^{[1] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Krahô - Povos Indígenas no Brasil. pib.socioambiental.org. 2019-09-10.
2. Callegari Jacques. Sidia M.. Salzano. Francisco M.. 1979-07-01. Demography and genetics of the Krahó and Gorotire Indians of Brazil. Journal of Human Evolution. 8. 5. 513–522. 10.1016/0047-2484(79)90041-1. 0047-2484.
3. Mistry. Jayalaxshmi. Berardi. Andrea. Andrade. Valeria. Krahô. Txicaprô. Krahô. Phocrok. Leonardos. Othon. 2005-06-01. Indigenous Fire Management in the cerrado of Brazil: The Case of the Krahô of Tocantíns. Human Ecology. en. 33. 3. 365–386. 10.1007/s10745-005-4143-8. 30603983 . 1572-9915. 10.1.1.521.6720.
4. Web site: Terra Indígena Kraolândia Drupal. terrasindigenas.org.br. es. 2019-09-10.