Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory

12.83°S 61.10°W / -12.83; -61.10

The Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory in Rondônia.

The Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory is an indigenous territory for isolated indigenous peoples in Rondônia, Brazil. The territory consists of 26,000 hectares of forest on the Omerê River^[1] and is home to the Kanoê and Akuntsu tribes. Both tribes were the victims of severe massacres by cattle ranchers in the 1970s and 1980s.^[2][3] As of 2016^[update], the Akuntsu number just four individuals and the Rio Omerê Kanoê five.^[4][1] The two tribes are separate peoples speaking mutually unintelligible languages, but are linked by marriage.^[1] Several loggers and cattle ranchers also remain in the territory despite attempts to eject them and continue to pose a threat to its indigenous inhabitants.^[5]

References

1. Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). "The Kanoê of the Omerê River > Kanoê". Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
2. Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). "Introduction > Akuntsu". Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
3. Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). "Introduction > Kanoê". Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
4. Survival International. "Leader and last ever shaman of tiny Amazon tribe dies in Brazil". Survival International. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
5. Adams, Guy (13 October 2009). "Decline of a tribe: and then there were five". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.