Missão Tiriyó

Missão Tiriyó, sometimes also known by its native name Tawainen is an indigenous Tiriyó village situated near the headwaters of the Western Paru River in Brazil, near the border with Suriname. The Surinamese village of Sipaliwini can be reached by an unpaved path.[2]

Missão Tiriyó

Tawainen
Missão Tiriyó
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 2°13′54″N 55°57′39″W
CountryBrazil
StatePará
MunicipalityÓbidos
Population
 (2016)
  Total495[1]

Demographics

In June 2016, there were 97 inhabitants of the old mission (Missão Velha), all of whom were Tiriyó. The new mission (Missão Nova) had 398 inhabitants in total, of whom 360 were Tiriyó, 21 were Kaxuyana, 15 were Aparai, 1 was Wayana and 1 was non-indigenous.[1]

gollark: In this country the government has "computing" lessons which involve just teaching people Scratch, which annoyed me enough that I wrote a blog post criticizing this.
gollark: It would also be nice if people actually knew anything about networking.
gollark: I fear that some sort of computer troubleshooting class may just end up teaching people to blindly try one specific thing they learned instead of... actually problem-solving. Which would admittedly be better than now.
gollark: People just see an error of some sort, and immediately their brain shuts down, even if it specifies what to do about it.
gollark: A useful skill people seem to lack is any ability whatsoever to solve basic problems with computers, but that's hard to teach.

References

  1. "Caracterização do DSEI Amapá e Norte do Pará, conforme Edital de Chamada Pública n. 2/2017 (item 3.1)" (PDF). portalarquivos.saude.gov.br. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. "DORPSPLAN SIPALIWINI 2011 –2014" (PDF). Institute for Graduate Studies & Research (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2020.



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