Tupi
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- For the Philippine municipality, see Tupi, South Cotabato
- For the Tupi language, see Tupi language
Tupi is the name of one of the main
ethnic groups of Brazilian
indigenous people, together with the related
Guarani. They first inhabited the
Amazon rainforest, then spread southward and gradually occupied the Atlantic coast. From the sixteenth century onward the Tupis, like other natives from the region, were assimilated, enslaved or simply exterminated by
Portuguese and
Spanish settlers, nearly leading to their complete annihilation as a culture. The remnants of these tribes are today confined to indigenous reservations or acculturated to some degree into the dominant society. In
southeastern Brazil they are an important presence in the genetic pool, while constituting a considerable portion of the lower classes in the
North,
Northeast, and
Center-West.
See also
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