Nambikwara

The Nambikwara are Indigenous peoples of the interior of west-central Brazil. Savanna, woodland and river headwaters provide varied environments, and communities combined cultivation, hunting and gathering to suit local conditions. Seasonal rainfall shaped food resources and movement. During the early modern centuries, diverse Indigenous societies inhabited the wider region. Portuguese expansion into neighbouring interiors brought expeditions and claims over land and labour, though contact was uneven. Disease, violence and forced movement could accompany these expanding colonial frontiers.