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Xipaya Culture and History (Shipaya)

As a complement to our Xipaya language information, here is our collection of indexed links about the Xipaya tribe and their society.

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The emphasis of these pages is on Xipayas and other American Indians as living people with a present and a future as well as a past. Xipaya history is interesting and important, but the Xipaya Indians are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary art as well as museum pieces, and issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday. Suggestions for new links are always welcome.

Our Xipaya Websites

Xipaya Language:
Information and language learning materials from the Xipaya Indian language.

Xipaya Lifestyle and Tradition

Indians of the Eastern Amazon:
Map showing the region in Brazil where the Shipaya territory is located.

The Xipaya Tribe:
Online ethnography of the Xipayas of Brazil and how they live.

The Indigenous Benches of Brazil:
Online museum exhibit displaying photographs of Xipaya and other Native Brazilian carved stools.

Life as an Amazon Activist

Juma Xipaya:
Biography and social media page of tribal leader and environmental advocate Juma Xipaya.

Belo Monte dam ruinous for indigenous cultures

Brazilian Ribeirinho Communities Fight Back:
Struggles of the Xipaya and other Xingu tribes to protect their lands from environmental destruction.

Amazon Delivery: a medical rainforest expedition:
News article about health care challenges among the Xipaya and other remote Brazilian tribes.

Links, References, and Additional Information

  Wikipedia: Xipaya:
  Encyclopedia articles on the Xipaya Indians.
  Brazil Native People:
  Information and links about the indigenous culture of Brazil.
  Xipaia (Chipaya)

Cultura y lingua dos índios Xipaya

Os Chipayas:
Information about the Xipayas in Portuguese.

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