Juma people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3 (2021) Mixed ancestry: 14 (2021)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Brazil ( Amazonas) | |
| Languages | |
| Juma[2] | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional tribal religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Amondawa, Capivarí, Karipúna, Jiahúi, Parintintin, Piripkúra, Tenharim, and Uru-eu-wau-wau[2] |
The Júma are an Indigenous people of Brazil, who live in the Terra Indígena Juma in the Amazonas, along the Mucuim River, a tributary of Rio Açuã.[2]
Name
The Júma are also known as Kagwahibm, Kagwahiph, Kagwahiv, Kavahiva, Kawahip, Kawaib, and Yumá people.[2]
Population
In the 18th century, the Juma numbered between 12,000–15,000 people.[3] The Juma numbered 300 in 1940.[2] In 1998, there were only four Juma people.[4] As of 2021, there are 17 descendants of Aruká's, the last elder Juma member, who died from COVID-19 in 2021 in Porto Velho. He was survived by his three daughters and grandchildren.[5][1][6]
Language
Notes
- ^ a b "A devastadora e irreparável morte de Aruká Juma".
- ^ a b c d e "Juma." Ethnologue. 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "Juma: Introduction." Instituto Socioambiental: Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 27 March 2012
- ^ Juma people at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Galarraga Gortázar, Naiara (2021-02-22). "Covid-19 takes the life of the last male from Brazil's indigenous Juma tribe". El País. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ "A última família dos índios Juma". Risca Faca. 19 April 2016.
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