WE THE XIKRIN

We the Xikrin are speakers of the Mebêngôkre language—“people of the water hole” or “people of the great water”—which belongs to the Jê family of the Macro-Jê linguistic stock. We live between the Itacaiunas and Cateté rivers. We are composed of five villages (Kateté, Djudjêkô, Ôôdjã, Pokró, and Krimei). All of us, the Indigenous people of the five villages, speak our language and uphold our Xikrin cultural practices.