Metyktire

{{Short description|Subgroup of the Kayapo people of Brazil}}{{Infobox ethnic group | population = 87 | total_year = 2007 | popplace = Brazil (Menkragnoti Indigenous Territory) | regions = | region1 = | languages = Kayapo language }}

The '''Metyktire''' are a subgroup of the Kayapo people of Brazil. They live on the Menkregnoti reservation in the Amazon River basin.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0601/breaking72.htm Reuters via the ''Irish Times'', "'Unknown' tribe found in Amazon" 1 June 2007]</ref> They are estimated to have about 87 members. They were discovered in May 2007 when two tribesmen entered a Kayapo village in the Menkregnoti reservation. The Metyktire form part of the Kayapo people and speak an archaic version of the Kayapo language.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070604111056/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/01/international/i194021D74.DTL Associated Press via the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', "Indian Tribe Found in Brazil's Amazon", June 1 2007]</ref>

When discovered, they had not had any known contact with Western civilization. This was attributed to their location on the {{convert|12100000|acre|km2|-2|adj=on}} reservation, in an area difficult to access due to dense jungle and lack of nearby rivers. The Metyktire had had little to no recent contact with other Kayapo until the 2007 visit.<ref name="ap">{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/01/america/LA-GEN-Brazil-Indians.php|title=Uncontacted Indian tribe found in Brazil's Amazon|publisher=Associated Press|date=2007-06-01}}</ref> The Kayapo believe the Metyktire formed when several families fled deeper into the jungle in the 1950s.<ref name="ap" />

Neither men nor women wear clothes. Men wear penis-protection. The women shave their heads.

==References==

Category:Kayapo Category:Indigenous peoples in Brazil Category:Jê languages {{Indigenous peoples of Brazil}}