Macuxi

E767334

Macuxi refers to an Indigenous people of northern Brazil and southern Guyana, known for their distinct language, culture, and traditional practices in the Amazonian region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Macuxi canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWithBiome savanna ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
autonym Macushi ⓘ
Macuxi ⓘ
collectiveLandRightsIssue Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
culturalPractices oral storytelling ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
culturalRegion Guiana Shield ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Brazil ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
language Macushi language ⓘ
linked to: Makushi language
languageFamily Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
linguisticStatus indigenous language of Brazil ⓘ
indigenous language of Guyana ⓘ
mainStateInBrazil Roraima ⓘ
neighboringIndigenousPeoples Ingarikó ⓘ
Taurepang ⓘ
Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
primaryRegion northern Brazil ⓘ
southern Guyana ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy Brazilian government ⓘ
Government of Guyana ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
threats cultural assimilation ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ
land conflicts ⓘ
traditionalCrafts basketry ⓘ
featherwork ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalCrops bananas ⓘ
beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
manioc ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal houses ⓘ
traditionalLeadership village chiefs ⓘ
traditionalRegion Amazon rainforest ⓘ
traditionalSocialOrganization village-based communities ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
usesWritingSystemForLanguage Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roraima → hasIndigenousLanguages → Macuxi ⓘ
subject linked to: Roraima state
Macushi → selfIdentification → Macuxi ⓘ
Makuxi → ethnonym → Macuxi ⓘ
Macuxi → autonym → Macuxi ⓘ