Jenipaboacu

Jenipaboaçu recalls one of the Indigenous peoples associated with the coast around Camocim, near the mouth of the Coreaú River. Tremembé, Tabajara and other communities also inhabited this part of Ceará. French traders exchanged goods with local people before the Portuguese occupation. In 1792 colonial authorities recorded attempts to gather Tremembé people into a settlement in the Camocim region, marking another stage in the changing relations between Indigenous communities and colonial rule.