Kayapo people

Who are the Kayapo people?

The Kayapo people are an indigenous tribe that live in the Amazon Rainforest. There are approximately 9,000 people left that belong to the Kayapo tribe. The name Kayapo means ‘the ones that look like monkeys’. They are known as fierce warriors as they fight off enemy tribes and fight among themselves.

What do they eat?

The Kayapo people’s main diet is fish. They also eat fruits, Brazilian nuts and the harvest vegetables. The Kayapo people are very skilled hunters. They use blowguns and darts that are covered in a poison that paralyses. They hunt monkeys and turtles. Due to there their contact with the outside world they can also purchase products such as rice, beans, milk and sugar from near by villages.

What will happen to them if the rainforest is destroyed?

Homes and recourses resources will be destroyed. Without homes or recourses the Kayapo people will catch diseases and will die if they can’t make medicine from the recourses of the rainforest to cure these diseases.

Bibliography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayapo_peoplehttp://www.everyculture.com/wc/Brazil-to-Congo-Republic-of/Kayapos.htmlhttp://www.scalloway.org.uk/phye2.htmGoogle Images