Aldeia Bona
Aldeia Bona or Aldeia Apalaí, sometimes also known by its native name Karapaeukuru,[2] is an Apalaí-Wayana village on the Eastern Paru River in the state of Pará in Brazil.[3][4]
Aldeia Bona
Karapaeukuru Aldeia Apalaí | |
|---|---|
  Aldeia Bona Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 1°12′54″N 54°39′21″W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Pará |
| Municipality | Almeirim |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 267[1] |
History
Aldeia Bona was founded in 1970 by the Fundação Nacional do Índio (FUNAI) in an effort to halt the socio-cultural disintegration that was taking place among the Apalaí and Wayana in Brazil.[3] An airstrip was constructed by the Brazilian Air Force to ease access to the remote area.[4]
Shortly after its creation, Aldeia Bona housed about 60% of the Apalaí and Wayana population of the region. The concentration of the population mostly served the interests of the Brazilian government employees stationed in the village, however, and did not adhere to the criteria the indigenous Apalaí and Wayana use for founding a village. Consequently, traditional settlement patterns, i.e. small villages of a few households spread out along a large area, reemerged after a while. Still, Aldeia Bona remains the largest Apalaí-Wayana settlement on the Paru River and continues to serve as the access point to the area.[4]
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 55 | — |
| 1978 | 94 | +9.34% |
| 1981 | 161 | +19.65% |
| 1982 | 111 | −31.06% |
| Source: Ricardo 1983, p. 140 | ||
In June 2016, Aldeia Bona had 267 inhabitants, of whom 157 were Apalaí, 105 were Wayana and 5 were Tiriyó.[1]
Notes
- "Caracterização do DSEI Amapá e Norte do Pará, conforme Edital de Chamada Pública n. 2/2017 (item 3.1)" (PDF). portalarquivos.saude.gov.br. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- Van Velthem & Van Velthem Linke 2010, p. 15.
- Boven 2006, pp. 118-119.
- "Wayana: social organisation". Povos Indígenas no Brazil. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
References
- Boven, Karin M. (2006). Overleven in een Grensgebied: Veranderingsprocessen bij de Wayana in Suriname en Frans-Guyana (PDF). Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Ricardo, Carlos Alberto, ed. (1983). Povos indígenas no Brasil vol. 3: Amapá / Norte do Pará (PDF). São Paulo: CEDI.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Van Velthem, Lucia Hussak; Van Velthem Linke, Iori Leonel H. (2010). Livro da Arte Gráfica Wayana e Aparai: Waiana anon imelikut pampila – Aparai zonony imenuru papeh (PDF). Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Índio – FUNAI / IEPÉ. ISBN 978-85-85986-29-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)