 Women's headress of the Waura on display at the American Museum of Natural History | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 487 (2010) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Brazil | |
| Languages | |
| Waura | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mehinako |
The Wauja or Waura (Waurá: Waujá; Portuguese: Uaurás) are an indigenous people of Brazil. Their language, Waurá, is an Arawakan language.[1] They live in the region near the Upper Xingu River, in the Xingu Indigenous Park in the state of Mato Grosso, and had a population of 487 in 2010.
- ^ Ball, Christopher (2018). Exchanging Words: Language, Ritual, and Relationality in Brazil's Xingu Indigenous Park. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-5854-7.