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There was a substantial Native American population in Brazil at the time of the Portugese disciovery. Anthropolgists disagree as to the nature of the Native Amricans in the Amazonian basin. There aew early reports that not only ws there a substantial population, but they had a prosperous agricultural lifestyle. The Portuguese attempted to enslave the Native Americans to work on landed estate. Authors speculate that Portuguese slave raids along the coast and up the rivers forced them to abandon this culture and move into the interior to become hunter gathers. This way they were no longer vulnerable to slave raiders. This may or may not have been the case. The absence of monumental architecture suggests thst they may not have been as advanced as some have suggested. We do know that the combined impact of Portuguese drepadations and lack of resistance to European disease resulted in a disasterous collapse of the indigenous population. The only artifact of this once vibrant people are the
Caiçara people still fond along the coast in southern Brazil. They are the descendents of Portuguese Conquistadores and native women. The Caiçara seem to be the most prevalent in remote fishing villages.
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