The northern horse-lords of the Guaycurú — a stratified warrior society of nobles, serfs and captives who ruled the Serra da Bodoquena and exacted tribute from the Guaná farmers below them.
Allied with Brazil in the Paraguayan War (1864-70), the Mbayá won a vast reserve in 1903; their last branch, the Kadiwéu of Mato Grosso do Sul, survives there still, famous for its painted geometric art.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Mbayá (Kadiwéu) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1542 · 1641 · 1866.
Covers the northern Guaycurú horse-lords (Mbayá) and their Kadiwéu descendants of Mato Grosso do Sul.
An accessible survey of the pre- and post-contact Americas that conveys the pre-conquest complexity and colonial devastation of Amazonian and Brazilian indigenous peoples.