Carijo

Carijó was a name used for Guarani-speaking peoples of the southern Brazilian coast. In the sixteenth century their communities extended from the country around Cananéia to the Patos Lagoon and into the river basins inland. They inhabited a landscape of coastal lagoons, forests and waterways long before Portuguese settlement expanded southwards. European expeditions encountered them along routes connecting the Atlantic shore with the Paraná and Uruguay river systems.