Xingu Indigenous Park

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Xingu Indigenous Park is a large protected area in Brazil established to safeguard the lands, cultures, and biodiversity of numerous Indigenous peoples in the Amazon region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous territory
national park-level reserve
protected area
borders agricultural frontier areas of Mato Grosso
contains riverine ecosystems
savanna ecosystems
tropical rainforest
continent South America
country Brazil
established 1961
establishedBy Brazilian federal government
governedBy Brazilian federal government
Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas (FUNAI)
hasConservationRole maintenance of regional climate regulation
preservation of traditional Indigenous knowledge
protection of Xingu River headwaters
hasIndigenousPeople Aweti people
Ikpeng people
Kalapalo people
Kamaiurá people
Kayapó people
Kisêdjê (Suyá) people
Kuikuro people
Matipu people
Mehinako people
linked to: Mehináku people

Nafukuá people
Nahukwá people
linked to: Nafukuá people

Suyá people
Trumai people
Wauja people
Yawalapiti people
Yudjá (Juruna) people
linked to: Xingu peoples
languageFamiliesPresent Arawak languages
linked to: Arawakan languages

Carib languages
Tupi languages
linked to: Tupi–Guaraní
locatedIn Amazon basin
linked to: Amazon Basin

Central Brazil
Mato Grosso
Xingu River basin
namedAfter Xingu River
partOf Brazilian Amazon
linked to: Amazon rainforest
purpose protection of Amazon rainforest ecosystems
protection of Indigenous cultures
protection of Indigenous lands
protection of biodiversity
recognizedAs important area for biological diversity
important area for cultural diversity
threatenedBy agribusiness expansion in surrounding areas
deforestation outside its borders

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Mato Grosso contains Xingu Indigenous Park
subject linked to: Mato Grosso region of Brazil
Xingu River hasProtectedArea Xingu Indigenous Park
Xingu River hasProtectedArea Xingu National Park
linked to: Xingu Indigenous Park
Paresí–Xingu subgroup spokenIn Xingu Indigenous Park
Corrientes River region partOf Indigenous territories of the Amazon
linked to: Xingu Indigenous Park
Xingu peoples partOf Xingu Indigenous Park communities
linked to: Xingu Indigenous Park
Xingu peoples protectedBy Xingu Indigenous Park
Arara people region Xingu Indigenous Territory
linked to: Xingu Indigenous Park
Arara people culturalRegion Xingu Indigenous Park
Xingu Asuriní associatedWith Xingu Indigenous Park region
linked to: Xingu Indigenous Park
Juruna hasSpeakerCommunity Xingu Indigenous Territory
linked to: Xingu Indigenous Park
Yawalapiti language usedIn Upper Xingu Indigenous Park
linked to: Xingu Indigenous Park
Xingu Arawak languages spokenIn Xingu Indigenous Territory
linked to: Xingu Indigenous Park
Upper Xingu region partiallyContainedIn Xingu Indigenous Park
Mehinako locatedIn Xingu Indigenous Park
Mehinako partOf Upper Xingu cultural complex
linked to: Xingu Indigenous Park
Yawalapiti people locatedIn Xingu Indigenous Park
Kamayurá locatedIn Xingu Indigenous Park
Kamayurá partOf Upper Xingu cultural complex
linked to: Xingu Indigenous Park
Mehináku people region Xingu Indigenous Park
Mehinaku people locatedIn Xingu Indigenous Park
Ikpeng residesIn Xingu Indigenous Park
Kuikuro people locatedIn Xingu Indigenous Park
Ikpeng people locatedIn Xingu Indigenous Park
Ikpeng people relocatedTo Xingu Indigenous Park
Bakairi people culturalArea Xingu Indigenous cultural area
linked to: Xingu Indigenous Park
Awetí language isIndigenousTo Xingu Indigenous Park