Indian Nations in Brazil
Aboriginal Telehealth in Brazil Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhD Associate Professor of Medical Informatics and Telehealth, School of Medicine, State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil President and Chairman of the Board, The Edumed Institute or Education in Medicine and Health Satellite and videoconferencing national network for distance education in health and telehealth Consortium of 27 universitties, research centres and medical associations for generating certified quality content and services Started on June 2000, led by the Edumed Institute, a not-for-profit institution Targets the non-academic health sector (hospitals, government, etc.) Origins Ancient South Americans came more than 20,000 years ago from North America through the Panama isthmus Genetically related to North American indians (Clovis Culture) and Inuit, Mayas, Aztec, Quichua, etc. Origins Diversified with time into more than 300 different cultures, more than 1,000 nations and 1,300 languages Came in contact with Europeans for the first time in 1500 Largely reduced to slavery and extermination by disease and genocide in subsequent centuries Around 55 isolated tribes are believed to exist 21th April 1500 First contact with the Portuguese Indian Nations of Amazonia Aikanã, Amawára, Apalaí, Apiaká, Apurinã, Arapáso, Arara, Ashaninka, Atroari, Avá-Canoeiro, Bakairi, Banawá-Yafí, Baníwa, Barasána, Baré, Borôro, Cinta-larga, Deni, Desána, Diahói, Enawenê-Nawê, Erikbaktsá, Galibi, Guarani-Kaiwá, Guarani- Nhandéva, Hi-Merimã, Hixkaryána, Irantxe, Itogapúk, Jarawára,
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