# Tapiitawa

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'''Tapiitawa''' is a small [Tapirapé](/source/Tapirap%C3%A9_people) [Indian](/source/indigenous_peoples_of_Brazil) village in the [municipality](/source/municipality) of [Confresa](/source/Confresa), [Mato Grosso](/source/Mato_Grosso), [Brazil](/source/Brazil).

By 1953 it was the home of the last survivors of the Tapirapé people, which by then were reduced to 51 individuals. Thanks to the help of a group of missionary nuns (the [Little Sisters of Jesus](/source/Little_Sisters_of_Jesus)) and protective measures by the Brazilian government, the population began to recover, and was 136 in 1976. The town has a public school.

==References==
* Baldus, Herbert (1970). Tapirapé: tribe Tupí no Brazil central. São Paulo: editora da universidade de São Paulo, companhia editora nacional. 1970.
* Wagley, Charles (1977). Welcome of Tears: The Tapirapé Indians of Central Brazil. Waveland Press 1983. {{ISBN|0-88133-030-2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.overmundo.com.br/blogs/educacao-fortalece-valores-etnicos-e-a-cultura-indigena Education strengthens ethnic values and indigenous culture], by Marcelo Manzatti (2006, in Portuguese)

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Category:Populated places in Mato Grosso

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