Suruí (Pará)

Not to be confused with Suruí de Rondônia.

The Suruí are an indigenous people of Brazil who live in the state of Pará. They are a different people than the Suruí do Jiparaná.^[2]

Suruí do Pará

Aikewara
Total population
383 (2014)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Brazil
Pará	383
Languages
Suruí do Pará[2]
Religion
Native American religion
Related ethnic groups
Asuriní do Tocantins and Parakanã[2]

Name

The Suruí are also known as the Sororós,^[1] Aikewara, Akewara, and Akewere people.^[2]

Language

The Suruí do Pará language belongs to Subgroup IV of the Tupi-Guarani language family. It is written in the Latin script, and literacy rates in the language are extremely low.^[2]

History

First prolonged contact with the modern world came in the late 1960s. The tribe was decimated by disease. In 1960, they experienced an influenza epidemic, followed by a smallpox epidemic in 1962. The Suruí fled their homeland due to attacks by the Xikrin people.^[1]

See also

• Indigenous peoples in Brazil
• List of Indigenous peoples in Brazil