The Bakairi are an indigenous people of Brazil. They speak the Bakairi language , one of the Cariban languages . They call themselves Kurâ, Bakairi being a Portuguese term of unknown origin. They currently live in the Santana and Bakairi Indigenous Territories of northern Mato Grosso , in the municipality of Paranatinga in the northern cerrado south of the Amazon rain forest. Like most native peoples, they were more numerous before European contact. In 1999 there were about 950 Bakairi, of whom 898 lived in the two Indigenous Territories. In 1965 only 261 were recorded.
15-777: According to the Bakairi, they first lived in the rainforest on the Teles Pires (a branch of the Tapajos ) below its confluence with the Verde, a large left tributary which comes in west of Sinop, Mato Grosso about 1000 km south of the Amazon, 400 km north of Cuiaba and 200 km west of the Xingu. Due to internal quarrels and conflict with their neighbors, mainly Kayabí , they moved south in three groups. The small western group went south to 'Santana’ on
30-476: A large reservoir because it is a run-of-the-river project. The dam also feature significant environmental remediation efforts. As a consequence, there has not been strong environmental opposition to the implementation of the Teles Pires Dam. On 17 March 2015 an agreement was made to compensate the public for the irreversible negative environmental impacts of the project through payment of R$ 500,000 for use by
45-905: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Teles Pires Dam The Teles Pires Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric dam on the Teles Pires River , 330 km (205 mi) upstream of the confluence with the Tapajós river, on the border of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará . The 80-metre (260 ft) dam impounds a 150-square-kilometre (58 sq mi) reservoir (55 square kilometres (21 sq mi) original riverbed and 95 square kilometres (37 sq mi) inundated area), 84% in Mato Grosso state (Paranaíta district) and 16% in Para state (Jacareacanga district). The dam
60-522: Is a 1,370 km (850 mi) long river in Brazil . The river flows through the state of Mato Grosso and its lower part marks the border between the states of Mato Grosso and Pará . At its mouth it joins Juruena River and together they form the Tapajós , which is one of the biggest tributaries of the Amazon River . The most important settlement along the river is Alta Floresta . One writer says that it
75-579: Is part of a planned six-power-plant "Hidrovia Tapajos/Teles Pires" project to create a navigable waterway connecting the interior of Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. The waterway will consist of six dams on the Teles Pires river—the 53-megawatt (71,000 hp) Magessi Dam, 430-megawatt (580,000 hp) Sinop Dam, 342-megawatt (459,000 hp) Colider Dam , 1,820-megawatt (2,440,000 hp) Teles Pires Dam, and 746-megawatt (1,000,000 hp) Sao Manoel Dam—and
90-464: Is that the dam builders failed to adequately consult with indigenous peoples, as required by law. The Brazilian government indigenous protection foundation FUNAI predicts that there may be un-contacted indigenous populations in the region that will be affected by the dam. On March 30, 2012, a judge suspended construction of the Teles Pires Dam to preserve a waterfall that is considered sacred by an indigenous tribe. The Teles Pires Dam does not impound
105-783: The 230-megawatt (310,000 hp) Foz do Apiacas Dam on the Apiacas river. Smaller upstream dams are still in the planning stages. The Teles Pires Dam is a gravity dam constructed of composite materials layered on a roller-compacted concrete core, located on the Teles Pires river 330 kilometres (210 mi) upstream of the confluence with the Tapajos river, on the border between the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Para. Brazilian law requires water impoundments to undergo an approval process to ensure that each project meets environmental, social, political, and safety criteria. The most frequent objection
120-554: The 5,230 megawatts (7,010,000 hp) Foz do Apiacas Dam on the Apiacas river. The Colíder Dam and the Teles Pires Dam are currently under construction, while the smaller upstream dams are still in the planning stages. This article related to a river in Mato Grosso , Brazil is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Pará , Brazil
135-642: The other turns his back and does not speak till the meal is over. When the German explorer, not knowing of this, ate his lunch without giving notice, they hung their heads and showed on their faces real shame.' Crawley used this to buttress his generalization that 'Every individual, as such, is surrounded by a taboo of personal isolation', an argument which engaged Sigmund Freud 's curiosity in his paper on 'The Taboo of Virginity' in 1918. Teles Pires (Period: 1970-2000)3,806.5 m /s (134,430 cu ft/s) The Teles Pires ( Portuguese : Rio São Manuel )
150-618: The other two groups. In 1884 Karl von den Steinen had some central Bakairi lead him to the eastern group on the Batavi River. Fifteen years later another German explorer, Hermann Meyer, found them on the Coliseu River (another branch of the Xingu) and judged them depopulated and corroded by the western Bakairi's ‘civilization’. In 1923 they seem to have moved to the central Bakairi. The Bakairi people were studied, and an outline of their language
165-589: The river that now bears his name, but all of them died. The Bakairi Indigenous Territory was established here in 1920. It is about twice the size of the western Territory. Some Chavante moved from the Xingu to the Territory, outnumbering the Bakairi, but in 1974 they moved back to the Coluene River, branch of the Xingu. The eastern and largest group moved to the upper Xingu northeast of the central group, an area almost unknown to Europeans. Here they lost contact with
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#1732875664917180-513: The upper Arinos River , about 250 km north of Cuiaba. They were first contacted in the early 18th century and began to work in mineral extraction. From 1847 they were involved with the General Directorate of Indians in Cuiaba and later began to work in rubber extraction where they seem to have been abused. In the 1920s and 1960s many moved east to the central group. In 1965 an Indigenous Post
195-635: Was established and is now the Santana Indigenous Territory or Territorio Kurâ Bakairi. They resisted assimilation. The first school was established in 1975. The central group moved south to the headwaters of the Teles Pires about 150 km east of Santana. They were first contacted by the Portuguese in the early 19th century and began working in agriculture and cattle raising. In 1889 a Captain Telles Pires took many Bakairi as paddlers to explore
210-655: Was originally called the Paranatinga, and was renamed after Captain Telles Pires who died exploring the river in 1889. Several dams are planned on the river in the "Hidrovia Tapajos/Teles Pires" project to create a navigable waterway connecting the interior of Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. The waterway will consist of five dams on the Teles Pires river (53 megawatts (71,000 hp) Magessi Dam, 430 megawatts (580,000 hp) Sinop Dam, 342 megawatts (459,000 hp) Colíder Dam, 1,820 megawatts (2,440,000 hp) Teles Pires Dam , 746 megawatts (1,000,000 hp) Sao Manoel Dam) and
225-520: Was written, by Karl von den Steinen . They came to prominence in Western ethnography after one of their customs was mentioned by Ernest Crawley in his work The Mystic Rose: A Study in Primitive Marriage (1902). Crawley mentioned an eating practice among them: 'Amongst the Bakairi every man eats by himself; when one eats in the presence of another, it is the custom to do so with head averted, while
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