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(Redirected from Tembé people) Indigenous people in the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará For the language, see Tembé language.
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Ethnic group
Tembé
Tenetehara
Total population
1,502 (2010)
Regions with significant populations
 Brazil ( Amazonas,  Pará)
Languages
Tembé
Religion
Traditional tribal religion
Related ethnic groups
Guajajara

The Tembé, also Timbé and Tenetehara, are an indigenous people of Brazil, living along the Maranhão and Gurupi Rivers, in the state of Amazonas and Pará. Their lands have been encroached and settled by farmers and loggers, who do so illegally, and the Tembé are working to expel the intruders from their territories.

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Name

The Tembé call themselves Tenetehara, which means "people," or more specifically the Tenetehara people, of which the Tembé are the western subgroup and the Guajajara are the eastern subgroup. "Tembé" is thought to come from a neighboring tribe's word, timbeb, which means "flat nose."

Language

Tembé people speak the Tembé language, a Tupi-Guarani language. It is mutually intelligible with the Guajajára language.

Notes

  1. ^ "Tembé: Introduction." Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 2 Feb 2012.
  2. ^ "Tembé." Ethnologue. Retrieved 2 Feb 2012.
  3. ^ "Tembé: Name." Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 2 Feb 2012.

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Indigenous peoples of the North Region
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