Self-identification. "anyone who identify and belongs to a community"
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What's one of the biggest demands by indigenous people in Brazil at the moment?
Land demarcation
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What problems do ingenous people suffer?
Violence from land conflicts (conflitos fundiarios), ethnical discrimination, lack of services and public policies
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Name 3 of the most spoken indigenous languages in Brazil.
o tikuna (com 34 mil falantes), o guarani kaiowá (com 26,5 mil), o kaingang (22 mil), o xavante (13,3 mil) e o yanomami (12,7 mil).
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How many indigenous languages are there in Brazil?
Brasil registra 274 línguas indígenas diferentes faladas por 305 etnias
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"Tupi-guarani" is the most spoken indigenous language in Brazil. True or false?
Tupi-Guarani não é uma língua mas sim a designação de uma família linguística. Portanto não existe a língua Tupi-Guarani mas existem várias línguas no tronco.
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What does "carioca" mean in archaic Tupi?
casa (oka) do homem branco (kari).
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What does "Paraná"? mean in ancient Tupi?
Pará (mar) + Anã (semelhante)
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What does Jacaré mean in ancient Tupi?
jaeça-caré = o que olha de banda (de lado)
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How manu cities in Brazil have an indigenous language as their official language?
10
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True or false? "Catupiry" is an indigenous word.
True. A palavra escolhida para sua marca veio do tupi catupiri, que quer dizer “excelente”.
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What's the average life expectancy for indigenous people in brazil.
45 years. (73 is the national average)
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True or false. Infant mortality is nearly ten times higher for Ianomani children?
Yes. 15/1000 is the national average. 43,46 between indigenous groups and 149/1000 for Ianonmami children
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True or false. "Tribo" is not an accepeted word.
Recomenda-se também o uso dos termos aldeia, terra ou território indígena, em vez de tribo. Para o grupo de indígenas, use etnia ou povo.
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True or false? 20% of plants and animals in Brazil are named after its indigenous origin.
