Uracu

The uplands around Uruaçu lie in northern Goiás, near the upper Tocantins, known here as the Maranhão River. In colonial times the Avá-Canoeiro inhabited the riverbanks and islands along this stretch. Their country combined cerrado with gallery forest beside the water. The Avá resisted the advance of settlers and were not gathered into the official mission villages established for other Indigenous peoples of Goiás.