Lineage
Xerente
Also known as: Xerente, Akwẽ, Xerente people, Xerente nation
An Indigenous nation of the Cerrado (Jê (Macro-Jê)), of the cerrado east of the Tocantins river, in central Tocantins. The Xerente 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 Xerente (Akwẽ) are an Indigenous nation of the [[cerrado|Cerrado]] — Jê (Macro-Jê) — of the cerrado east of the Tocantins river, in central Tocantins.
Who they are
The Akwẽ-Xerente maintain a complex clan and ceremonial system tied to the savanna’s seasons. Their territories sit directly in the path of the Cerrado soy frontier, which makes their land tenure one of the sharpest tests of whether the biome’s Indigenous custodians can hold ground against conversion. Xerente associations engage in native-fruit gathering, crafts and agroecological projects.
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 Xerente 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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