Potiguara people

For the language, see Potiguara language.

Potiguara
Total population
Antonio Pessoa Gomes, the "Caboquinho", chief of Potiguara Indians.
(12,000)
Regions with significant populations
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese, Potiguara

The Potiguara (also Potyguara or Pitiguara) are a nation of indigenous people in Brazil. The Potiguara live in the state of Paraíba, in the municipalities of Marcação, Baía da Traição and Rio Tinto. Their population are 12000 Indians and occupied 26 villages at 3 reservations (Terras Indígenas): Potiguara, Jacaré de São Domingos e Potiguara de Monte-Mor. Their name Potiguara means "shrimp-eaters", from poty, "shrimp", and uara, "eater", according to Brazilian writer José de Alencar.^[1]

History

According to José de Alencar, the Potiguara were allies of the Portuguese during Brazil's colonial period, especially during the Dutch invasion of Brazil.^[2]

Sources

↑ Alencar, J. (1865) Iracema
↑ Alencar, J. (1865) Iracema

Indigenous peoples of Brazil

Indigenous peoples of the North Region

Acre	Apurinã Asháninka Kaxinawá Kulina Machinere Yaminawá

Amapá	Aparai Kalina Palikur

Amazonas	Amahuaca Apurinã Banawá Baniwa Barasana Bora Cambeba Cubeo Dâw Hup Jamamadi Juma Karajá Korubo Kulina Macuna Mawé Matis Matsés Munduruku Mura Parintintín Pirahã Siriano Tembé Tenharim Ticuna Tiriyó Tucano Turiwára Wai-wai Wayampi Wayana Witoto Yanomami Zuruahã

Pará	Amanayé Anambé Aparai Apiacá Arara Araweté Atikum Kayapo Munduruku Suruí do Pará Tembé Tiriyó Turiwára Wai-wai Wayampi Wayana Zo'é

Rondônia	Cinta Larga Kanoê Karitiana Kwaza Paiter Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Wari’

Roraima	Aikanã Akawaio Akuntsu Macushi Patamona Pemon Wapishana Yanomami Ye'kuana

Tocantins	Apinajé Tapirapé Xambioá Xerente

Indigenous peoples of the Northeast Region

Bahia	Pataxó

Ceará	Kiriri Tabajara Tapeba

Maranhão	Awá-Guajá Guajajara Ka'apor

Paraíba	Potiguara

Pernambuco	Xukuru

Indigenous peoples of the Central-West Region

Mato Grosso	Aimoré Apiacá Aweti Bororo Chiquitano Cinta Larga Enawene Nawe Guató Ikpeng Kaiabi Kalapalo Kamayurá Kayapo Kuikuro Matipu Munduruku Nahukuá Nambikwara Paiter Panará Rikbaktsa Suyá Tapirapé Terena Trumai Umutina Wai-wai Wauja Xavante Yawalapiti Yudjá

Mato Grosso do Sul	Chamacoco Guarani-Kaiowá Guató Kadiweu Mbayá Ofayé Terena

Indigenous peoples of the South and Southeast Regions

Espírito Santo	Tupiniquim

Minas Gerais	Aimoré Kaxixó Xakriabá

São Paulo	Aimoré Kaingang Terena

Widespread	Kaingang

Authority control	LCCN: sh85105683

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