Tapajós
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The Tapajós is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately 2,080 km long.
The city of Itaituba on the banks of the Tapajós River
Geophagus pyrocephalus known only from the lower Tapajós basin
Munduruku
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The Munduruku, also known as Mundurucu or Wuy Jugu, are an Indigenous people of Brazil living in the Amazon River basin. Some Munduruku communities are part of the Coatá-Laranjal Indigenous Land. They
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…cause visual disturbances, psychiatric disorders and infertility to name a few. Mercury and methylmercury poisoning have taken a serious toll on the Munduruku, whose ancestral land, Mundurukânia (coextensive with the Tapajós valley) is being steadily degraded. The fish, along with many other endemic species…
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Headdress, Munduruku people, macaw and toucan feathers South American collection Peabody Museum, Harvard University DSC05693
Munduruku Indians, painted by Hercules Florence