Kanindé

Kanindés
Canindés
Total population
1,101 (2014)
Regions with significant populations
Brazil
Languages
Costa Norte dialect of Portuguese, historically Tarairiú
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Janduís, Paiacus and Tarairius
Map of Indigenous people in Ceará.

The Kanindés are an indigenous people that inhabit the Brazilian municipalities of Aratuba and Canindé, in the state of Ceará. As of 2014 they had a population of 1101 people.[1][2] In the past, the Kanindés spoke the Tarairiú language, but their original language was replaced by Portuguese.[3]

History

The Kanindés are related to the Janduí and Paiacu people, composing a group of indigenous ethnicities that descend from the Tarairiu people. They receive their name from the tribal leader Canindé, who led the Kanindés in their fight against the Portuguese colonizers in the 17th century, forcing the king of Portugal to sign a peace with the tribe in 1692, with the treaty being later broken by Portuguese settlers.[4]

Kanindé oral tradition claims the people originated in the region of the modern day municipality of Mombaça, migrating through the flow of the Curu river with Jenipapos-Kanindés, initially settling in Quixadá and then moving into the region they currently inhabit.[4]

Culture and way of life

The Kanindés were traditionally hunter-gatherers. Although they adopted agriculture, they still hunt animals such as mocós, tejos, pebas, deers, nambus, sariemas and juritis.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Quadro Geral dos Povos - Povos Indígenas no Brasil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
  2. ↑ "Povo Kanindé comemora cem anos – Adelco" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-07-18.
  3. ↑ Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz (1958). "Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos" (PDF). Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará). 2 (1): 3–19.
  4. 1 2 3 "CDPDH". CDPDH. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
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