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Krahô
Indigenous Timbira Gê people of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Krahô (/ˈkrɑːhoʊ/, Portuguese: Craós) 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]
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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 303,000 hectares (1,170 sq mi) and a population of 2992.[1][4]

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