Xukuru people
The Xukuru (Xucuru) are an indigenous people of Brazil, with a population of approximately 8,500, living in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.[1] They have recently gained governmental recognition of their rights to their indigenous homeland in the Ororubá Mountains, though this has brought them into conflict with the local settler population of the region. In 1998, a Xukuru leader, Chicão (Francisco Lacerda, also Cacique Xikão), was assassinated, apparently because of his opposition to the encroachment of ranchers in Xukuru territory. However his children carried on his legacy.
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| Total population | |
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| 8,500 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Brazil | |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese, formerly Xukuru |
An extensive ethnography has been written by Hohenthal (1954).[2]
References
- Rabben, Linda (2004). Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization: The Yanomami and the Kayapó. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-295-80452-1.
- Hohenthal, Jr., W. D. 1954. Notes on the Shucurú Indians of Serra de Ararobá, Pernambuco, Brazil. Revista do Museu Paulista (Nova Série) 8. 93-164. São Paulo.
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