Oiampi

Oiampi is a name for the Wajãpi, a Tupí-speaking people whose history links the lower Xingu with the rivers north of the Amazon. In the eighteenth century groups moved north across the great river into the Jari basin, avoiding attempts to gather them in colonial missions. Forest streams and paths connected their communities across the country between the Jari, Amapari and Oiapoque.