In what Brazilian states is the majority of the indigenous lands recognized by the government located? Which regions in Brazil do these states belong to?
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Apart from the RN and Piauí, all Brazilian states have indigenous lands. Most of them are in the states of Amazonas, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Roraima and Pará, as can be seen in the attached figure. With the exception of Mato Grosso, located in the Center-West, all other states are in the northern region of Brazil.
This is due to the fact that there are not many indigenous reservations in the coastal regions of Brazil due to the fact that it was on the coast that European colonization occurred.
In this sense, there was an intense contact between the Indians who lived in these regions and the Portuguese colonizers, generating a miscegenated people that was no longer recognized as indigenous. Those who were not culturally assimilated ended up being killed or fled to other regions.
Thus, although there are many indigenous descendants mixed with other races, there was no stimulus to cultural and identity maintenance, so that most people do not recognize themselves as Indians.
On the other hand, in places of little economic interest and difficulty of access, such as the Amazon, indigenous people were able to maintain their cultural identity and facilitate their perception as a community, being able to fight for the demarcation of their land.
Therefore, because there is no such idea of community, as it is found in other indigenous cultures of Brazil, the coast has few indigenous reserves, such as Baía da Traição, located in Paraíba, which has a reserve of the people.
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This is due to the fact that there are not many indigenous reservations in the coastal regions of Brazil due to the fact that it was on the coast that European colonization occurred.
In this sense, there was an intense contact between the Indians who lived in these regions and the Portuguese colonizers, generating a miscegenated people that was no longer recognized as indigenous. Those who were not culturally assimilated ended up being killed or fled to other regions.
Thus, although there are many indigenous descendants mixed with other races, there was no stimulus to cultural and identity maintenance, so that most people do not recognize themselves as Indians.
On the other hand, in places of little economic interest and difficulty of access, such as the Amazon, indigenous people were able to maintain their cultural identity and facilitate their perception as a community, being able to fight for the demarcation of their land.
Therefore, because there is no such idea of community, as it is found in other indigenous cultures of Brazil, the coast has few indigenous reserves, such as Baía da Traição, located in Paraíba, which has a reserve of the people.
Good studies!
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