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The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau are an indigenous people of Brazil,cite-ref-natgeo-3-0[3] living in the state of Rondônia.

They live in six villages on the borders of the Uru-Eu-Uaw-Uaw Indigenous Territory, which is shared by two other contacted groups, the Amondawa and Uru Pa In, the latter who speak a Chapacuran language, as well as the Jurureí, Parakua, and two uncontacted tribes whose names are not known.cite-ref-demo-4-0[4]

• Name

• History

• Language

• Culture

• See also

• Notes

• External links

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people call themselves Jupaú. They are also (mistakenly) known as the Amondauas, Bocas-negras, Bocas-pretas, Cabeça-vermelha, Cautários, Sotérios, Urupain,cite-ref-intro-1-1[1] as well as Jupaú, Black-Mouths, Red-Heads, Urueu-Wau-Wau.cite-ref-world-5-0[5]

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau came into contact with non-Natives, specifically the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) in 1981.cite-ref-world-5-1[5] The subsequent introduction of diseases, and violent attacks by outsiders, caused a drastic decrease in population from the initially estimated count of fewer than 1,000.cite-ref-world-5-2[5]

Rubber harvesters disputed FUNAI's demarcation of Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau lands. In 1991, one of the world's largest known tin deposits was discovered in Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau lands.cite-ref-world-5-3[5]

After 1993 their population began increasing again.cite-ref-demo-4-1[4] The Uru-Eu-Uaw-Uaw Indigenous Territory was established by the Brazilian government to protect the tribes and only Indians can legally live in the indigenous territory; however, loggers and miners have regularly invaded their lands.cite-ref-survive-6-0[6] In the 2022 documentary The Territory, released by National Geographic, Bitaté, an Indigenous leader of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, stated the population was approximately 180.cite-ref-7[7]

Missionaries are active among the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, and an NGO called Kanindé is trying to fight outside influences and assimilationists on the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau.cite-ref-world-5-4[5]

The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau are hunter-gatherers. They use a poison made from tree bark on their arrows when hunting tapir and other game. They are known for their distinctive tattoos around their mouths made from genipapo, a black vegetal dye.cite-ref-survive-6-1[6]

• Friends of Peoples Close to Nature, an NGO human rights organization that has worked with the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

• Ten Thousand Years Older, 2002 documentary film about the tribes.

• The Territory, a 2022 documentary, tells the story of these people's struggle to defend their existence from encroaching land grabbers and deforestation.

cite-note-intro-11. "Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau: Introduction." Povos Indígenas no Brasil. (retrieved 26 April 2011)

cite-note-lang-21. "Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau." Ethnologue. (retrieved 26 April 2011)

cite-note-natgeo-33. ↑ Last Days of Eden: Rondônia's Urueu-Wau-Wau Indians Loren McIntyre, National Geographic (December 1988), pp. 800-817 (retrieved 10 Aug 2016)

cite-note-demo-44. ↑ "Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau: Identification and Demography." Povos Indígenas no Brasil. (retrieved 26 April 2011)

cite-note-world-55. ↑ "Urueu-Wau-Wau". World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

cite-note-survive-66. ↑ "Massive Invasion of Isolated Indians' Land." Survival International. 12 Jan 2007 (retrieved 26 April 2011)

cite-note-77. ↑ Pritz, Alex (director) (2022). The Territory (documentary) (in Portuguese). National Geographic. Statement at 6:42. These days there are about 180 Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau.

• Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau artwork, National Museum of the American Indian.