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'''Xerente''' (alternate Sherenté, Xerentes, and Xerénte) are an [[indigenous people of Brazil]] living in [[Tocantins]]. |
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'''Xerente''' (alternate Sherenté, Xerentes, and Xerénte) are an [[Indigenous people of Brazil]] living in [[Tocantins]]. |
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The Xerente are a [[Jê languages|Central Jê people]] related to the [[Xavante]]. They maintained generally "peaceful" relations with outsiders from the nineteenth century onward.[[https://books.google.com/books?id=kTUd45or1AEC&dq=%22xerente&pg=PA56 Indigenous struggle at the heart of Brazil By Seth Garfield, pg 5]] Their villages were traditionally built in a semi-circular fashion, but the society has largely assimilated Brazilian standards of organization.[{{Cite book|last=Oliveira Reis|first=Francisco|url=http://biblioteca.funai.gov.br/media/pdf/TESES/MFN-14163.pdf|title=Aspectos do contato e formas sócioculturais da sociedade Akwen-Xerente (Jê)|publisher=University of Brasil|year=2001|trans-title=Aspects of contact and socio-cultural forms of the Akwen-Xerente (Jê) society}}][[https://books.google.com/books?id=x-WilndJnoEC&dq=%22xerente&pg=PA108 The Attraction of opposites By David Maybury-Lewis, Uri Almagor]] As of 2007 use of the native language among the 1813 members is universal, with most being monolingual until age 5.[[https://books.google.com/books?id=dQt6XWloU10C&dq=%22xerente&pg=PA183 Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages By Christopher Moseley, pg 183]] |
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The Xerente are a [[Jê languages|Central Jê people]] related to the [[Xavante]]. They maintained generally "peaceful" relations with outsiders from the nineteenth century onward.[[https://books.google.com/books?id=kTUd45or1AEC&dq=%22xerente&pg=PA56 Indigenous struggle at the heart of Brazil By Seth Garfield, pg 5]] Their villages were traditionally built in a semi-circular fashion, but the society has largely assimilated Brazilian standards of organization.[{{Cite book|last=Oliveira Reis|first=Francisco|url=http://biblioteca.funai.gov.br/media/pdf/TESES/MFN-14163.pdf|title=Aspectos do contato e formas sócioculturais da sociedade Akwen-Xerente (Jê)|publisher=University of Brasil|year=2001|trans-title=Aspects of contact and socio-cultural forms of the Akwen-Xerente (Jê) society}}][[https://books.google.com/books?id=x-WilndJnoEC&dq=%22xerente&pg=PA108 The Attraction of opposites By David Maybury-Lewis, Uri Almagor]] As of 2007 use of the native language among the 1813 members is universal, with most being monolingual until age 5.[[https://books.google.com/books?id=dQt6XWloU10C&dq=%22xerente&pg=PA183 Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages By Christopher Moseley, pg 183]] |
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