Goitacaz

The Goitacaz were indigenous hunter-gatherers of Brazil's coast between the São Mateus and Paraíba do Sul rivers. They hunted with bows and fished, and were divided into rival groups including the Goitacá-guassu.

Portugal's division of Brazil into hereditary captaincies in 1534 placed their lands under several colonial grants. After slave raids by colonists, the Goitacaz attacked settlements in the 1540s, and the captain of São Tomé abandoned his enterprise.