Tapajós people

The Tapajós (also called Santarém culture) were an indigenous people in Brazil that are now considered extinct. They inhabited the area around the Madeira and the Tapajós rivers, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas in the 17th century.[1]

The Tapajós river is named after the Tapajós Indians.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jackson, Joe. The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire. Penguin. p. 432. ISBN 1101202696. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Os principais povos indígenas da bacia Amazônica [The most important indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin]". Belezas da Amazônia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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