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Indigenous Timbira Gê people of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Krahô
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The Krahô (/ˈkrɑːh/, 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.

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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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Location of Terra Indígena Kraolândia Tocantins

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