Krahô
Indigenous Timbira Gê people of Brazil
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The Krahô (/ˈkrɑːhoʊ/, Portuguese: Craós) are an indigenous Timbira Gê people of northeastern Brazil. The Krahô historically inhabited a portion of modern Maranhão along the Balsas River, but were pushed west by pioneer settlement and cattle farmers.[1][2] Currently, the Krahô live on the Terra Indígena Kraolândia reservation in Tocantins.
1930400
19891,198
Mehĩ | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Total population | |
| 2,000+ (1999) | |
| 1930 | 400 |
| 1989 | 1,198 |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tocantins, Brazil | |
| Languages | |
| Krahô, Portuguese | |
The Krahô have historically been seminomadic, practicing hunting and gathering and shifting cultivation.[3]
