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Total population | |
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737 (2014)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil ( Mato Grosso) | |
Languages | |
Enawené-Nawé[2] | |
Religion | |
Traditional tribal religion[1] |
The Enawenê-Nawê are an indigenous people of Brazil in the Mato Grosso state. They live in a large village near the Iquê River in the Enawenê Nawê Indigenous Land.[1] They practice agriculture, fishing, and gathering and do not hunt or eat red meat.
The Enawene Nawe are a relatively isolated people who were first contacted in 1974 by Vicente Cañas. They numbered 566 in 2012,[1] up from 320 in 2000. In 2014 their number grew to 737.[2]
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