Kayapo Tribe |
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History of the Kayapo
The Kayapo's are a warrior tribe that raided neighboring tribes and raised boys to fight until thew 1960's.
No chief rules over a village, each one has a jurisdictian over their own groups. They traditionally live deep in the Amazon rainforest near rivers. They used to live woodland areas before the arrival of Europeans forced them into the Rainforest. The Kayapo believe thier ancestors learned to live communally from social insects like bees. They belive the first Kayapo came to Earth from the sky using a cotton rope. In the mid 1980's, the Kayapo took money from mahogany loggers and gold minners. |