Aparai people

Apalai
Total population
564[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Brazil (Amapá, Pará)514 (2014)[1]
 French Guiana40 (2011)[1]
 Suriname10 (2011)[1]
Languages
Aparai, Wayana, Portuguese
Religion
traditional tribal religion

The Aparai or Apalai are an indigenous people of Brazil, who live in Amapá and Pará states.[2] A little community is located in French Guiana, in Antecume Pata.[3] They were sedentary slash-and-burn farmers, necessitating periodic relocation as soil became exhausted, but also hunters and gatherers. They spoke a Carib language and in the 20th century their subsistence shifted towards craftwork as they adapted to modern Brazil and the cash economy.

  1. ^ a b c d "Aparai". Socio Ambiental. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Aparai". Povos Indígenas no Brasil. (retrieved 17 March 2010)
  3. ^ Alì, Maurizio; Ailincai, Rodica (2013). "Learning and Growing in indigenous Amazon. The Education System of French Guyana Wayana-Apalaï communities". Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 106 (10): 1742–1752. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.196.