Tupi peoples

E454639

The Tupi peoples are a group of Indigenous communities of Brazil known for their widespread pre-colonial presence along the Atlantic coast, distinct Tupi-Guarani languages, and significant influence on Brazilian culture and history.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tupi peoples canonical 5
Tupinambá 4
Tupi 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
continent South America
country Brazil
culturalHeritageStatus foundational to Brazilian national identity
documentedBy Hans Staden
Jean de Léry
Jesuit missionaries
José de Anchieta
encounteredBy French colonists
Portuguese explorers
ethnolinguisticGroup Tupi–Guarani
linked to: Tupi–Guaraní
historicalPeriod pre-colonial Brazil
historicalRegion coastal Brazil
housingMaterial palm leaves
wood
housingType longhouse
indigenousTo Amazon basin
linked to: Amazon Basin

Atlantic coast of Brazil
influenced Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary
Brazilian cuisine
Brazilian culture
Brazilian ethnogenesis
Brazilian folklore
Brazilian toponymy
languageFamily Tupian languages
Tupi–Guarani languages
linked to: Tupi–Guaraní
mainCrops maize
manioc
sweet potato
partOf Indigenous peoples of Brazil
relatedEthnicGroup Guarani people
linked to: Guarani peoples

Tupinambá people
linked to: Tupi peoples
religion animism
shamanism
ritualPractice anthropophagy
war rituals
significantEvent Portuguese colonization of Brazil
socialOrganization clan structures
village-based communities
subgroup Guarani
linked to: Guaraní

Potiguara
Tabajara
Temiminó
Tupinambá
linked to: Tupi peoples

Tupiniquim
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
slash-and-burn agriculture

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indigenous peoples of the Americas includesEthnicGroup Tupi peoples
Tupi–Guaraní hasLanguage Old Tupi
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupi–Guaraní hasLanguage Tupinambá
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupian wellKnownLanguage Old Tupi
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupiniquim ethnolinguisticGroup Tupi
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupiniquim relatedEthnicGroup Tupinambá
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupiniquim hasNameInEnglish Tupiniquim people
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupi peoples subgroup Tupinambá
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupi peoples relatedEthnicGroup Tupinambá people
linked to: Tupi peoples
Ava-Canoeiro relatedEthnicGroups Tupi peoples
Indigenous peoples of Brazil hasPart Tupinambá people
linked to: Tupi peoples
France Antarctique indigenousPeoplesInvolved Tupinambá
subject linked to: France Antarctique colony
linked to: Tupi peoples
France Antarctique indigenousPeoplesInvolved Tupi peoples
subject linked to: France Antarctique colony
Tocantins River nameEtymologyLanguage Tupi
linked to: Tupi peoples
Jacarepaguá etymologyLanguage Tupi
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupi language ethnicity Tupi peoples
Aracruz hasCommunity Tupiniquim people
linked to: Tupi peoples