Uru-Eu-Uaw-Uaw Indigenous Territory

Terra Indigena Uru-Eu-Uaw-Uaw is an indigenous territory located in central Rondônia, Brazil. It has a contacted Indian population of around 168 people belonging to Amondaua, Uru Pa In, Juma, and Jupaú tribes (as of 2002^[update]). There remains an unknown number of uncontacted Indians who belong to 4 to 6 different tribes like Jururei, Yvyraparaquara, Uru Pa In (uncontacted bands), and Parakua.^[1] The uncontacted population was estimated at somewhere between 1,000 and 1,200 in 1986, but it has declined very steeply in the recent decades.^[2] It is one of the most unsafe indigenous territories in Brazil and is regularly invaded by loggers and ranchers.^[3] The Jururei tribe was subjected to mass killings in 2003 and 2005.^{[citation needed]} Most of the Jupaú are now Christian, while the other tribes are entirely animist.^{[citation needed]}

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