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Tapuia
Also known as: Tapuia, Tapuio, Tapuia people, Tapuia nation
An Indigenous nation of the Cerrado (mixed-Indigenous (Tapuios do Carretão)), of the Carretão territory in central Goiás. The Tapuia continue traditional savanna management — seed-keeping, controlled burning, native-fruit gathering — and their associations are the natural Indigenous-led commerce partners for aligned listings in the biome.
The Tapuia (Tapuio) are an Indigenous nation of the [[cerrado|Cerrado]] — mixed-Indigenous (Tapuios do Carretão) — of the Carretão territory in central Goiás.
Who they are
The Tapuios do Carretão are a mixed-Indigenous community formed from peoples gathered at a colonial-era settlement who reconstituted a distinct identity and won territorial recognition. They are a reminder that the Cerrado’s Indigenous presence includes re-emergent and recombined peoples, not only continuously-recognised nations; their association works on territory, agroecology and cultural revival.
Why this entry
The Cerrado is being converted faster than the Amazon is being cleared, and its Indigenous nations are among the few land managers holding intact biome against that frontier. Naming the Tapuia as a nation — not as background to a biome page — connects the [[cerrado|Cerrado]] directory to real Indigenous-led partners and credits the savanna knowledge the [[extractivism|native-fruit economy]] depends on. They stand beside the [[geraizeiro|geraizeiro]] and [[quilombola|quilombola]] communities as the biome’s traditional custodians.
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- Shares approach with: [[geraizeiro]]
- Member of: [[lineage]]
- Contained by: [[cerrado]]
- Practices: [[extractivism]]
- Stewards: [[fire-adapted-flora]]
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