This paper analyses the fertility of the Kamaiurá, a Tupi people that inhabits the Xingu Indigenous Park (XIP), between 1970 and 2003. Data has been gathered from medical records of the Health Program of the São Paulo ...

Since 1970, the Suyá, an Indigenous people, inhabitants of the Xingu Indigenous Park (MT), has been experiencing a demographic recovery, as well as it has been happening with other Brazilian Indigenous peoples. Recent ...

Nos últimos anos tem havido um crescente número de estudos que tratam de aspectos demográficos dos povos indígenas no Brasil. Uma das questões demográficas mais assinaladas é o rápido crescimento demográfico de muitas ...

This article analyzes the demographic dynamics of the Kamaiurá, a people of the Tupi linguistic group, which, together with nine other peoples of the Aruak, Karib, Tupi and Trumai languages, inhabit the Xingu Indigenous ...

Historically, due to contact with colonizing fronts and economic expansion, indigenous peoples have experienced significant population loss, feeding pessimistic forecasts that pointed their disappearance. However, many ...

This paper analyses the demographic dynamics of the Suyá, a Jê people, inhabitants of the Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, during the years 1970-2004. Data was gathered from medical records of the São Paulo ...