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Jê / Tapuia Peoples of the Interior Plateau

The 'Tapuia' the Tupi feared — Jê-speaking Xavante, Xerente, Kayapó and Botocudo hunters who ranged the vast cerrado plateau behind the coast.

Pushed inland and decimated by bandeirante raids and frontier expansion, yet many Jê nations endure on demarcated lands across central Brazil into 2026.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 4 border frames for Jê / Tapuia Peoples of the Interior Plateau — the shape you scrub through changes in 800 · 1500 · 1600 · 1901.

Further reading

• A Prehistory of South America Jerry D. Moore · 1978

  A continental prehistory covering the interior peoples of lowland South America.

• Amazon Frontier John Hemming · 1987

  Hemming's continuation traces many Jê nations of the interior plateau into the modern frontier (broad context).

Sources

• Jê peoples — Wikipedia