Kawahib

Kawahib is a name shared by a number of related Tupian peoples of the southwestern Amazon. Their languages belong to the Tupi-Guarani family, and their communities inhabit the country of the Madeira and its tributaries. Historical accounts place a group called Cabahyba near the headwaters of the Tapajós in the late eighteenth century, linking this wider family of peoples to a history of movement across the forest.