Xokleng

The Xokleng, also known as Laklãnõ, are an Indigenous people of the forests and mountains of southern Brazil. Their traditional territory extended between the high plateau and the Atlantic coast, including the valleys of Santa Catarina. Forest plants and animals sustained communities in this rugged country. The opening of roads and the expansion of cattle ranches from the eighteenth century brought outsiders into their lands.

The later city of Blumenau lies here.