Kaxixó
Encyclopedia
The Kaxixó are an indigenous
population, located mainly in the Martinho Campos
as well as the Pompéu
municipalities of the state of Minas Gerais
, Brazil
. There are approximately 480 Kaxixó, whom are dispersed over a wide area around the Kaxixó aldeia (village). The Kaxixó mostly work as field hands and servants for landholders.
The Kaxixó are currently not recognized by the Brazilian government. They have been seeking recognition over the past decades, although local land holders have opposed this recognition. The Kaxixó claim the farm owners oppose Kaxixó recognition because recognition will give the Kaxixó more leverage with the local farm owners they work for.
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
population, located mainly in the Martinho Campos
Martinho Campos
Martinho Campos is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 12,165 people living in a total area of 1,060 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Central Mineira and to the micro-region of Bom Despacho...
as well as the Pompéu
Pompéu
Pompéu is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 28,393 in a total area of 2,557 km². It became a municipality in 1938.-Location:...
municipalities of the state of Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. There are approximately 480 Kaxixó, whom are dispersed over a wide area around the Kaxixó aldeia (village). The Kaxixó mostly work as field hands and servants for landholders.
The Kaxixó are currently not recognized by the Brazilian government. They have been seeking recognition over the past decades, although local land holders have opposed this recognition. The Kaxixó claim the farm owners oppose Kaxixó recognition because recognition will give the Kaxixó more leverage with the local farm owners they work for.