The aim of this work is to show how
the process of historical formation of the
Mẽbêngôkre, located in the South of Pará
between the Xingu and Araguaia rivers, took
place. The data collected for the study come
from different bibliographical sources, such as
PhD theses, master's dissertations, from the
area of Linguistics and Anthropology; data
from government agencies, ONGs and
newspaper clippings, as well as reports of
language speakers to the author in village
conversations during the researcher's stays.
Talking about the Mẽbêngôkre of São Felix do
Xingu is a way of identifying them among the
Mẽbêngôkre groups, located in the north of
Mato Grosso, groups that like the Gorotire are
called Kayapó, and the Xikrin, located in
Parauapebas and Altamira, group that is not
considered Kayapó, but it is Mẽbêngôkre; and
some groups considered extinct as Iran'amrãire
and Kararaô. There is mention of the p
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