Indigenous peoples in Brazil
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Indigenous peoples once comprised an estimated 2,000 tribes and nations inhabiting what is now the country of Brazil, before European contact around 1500 AD.
Xingu, an Indigenous territory of Brazil
Apiacá people, painted by Hércules Florence, 1827
Indigenous girl of the Terena tribe
Terena people
Roraima
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Roraima is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Located in the country's North Region, it is the northernmost and most geographically and logistically isolated state in Brazil. It is bordered by the state of Pará to the southeast, Amazonas to the south and west, Venezuela to the north and northwest, and Guyana to the east.
Village of Nossa Senhora da Conceição according to Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira, late 18th century.
Centre of Boa Vista
Landscape of the Viruá National Park
Rock formations in the Serra do Tepequém