About Us

The Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) is a non-profit-making organization. Since 21st September 2001 we have been...

Ways of living in the environment

Indigenous languages

Some people think that all the indigenous people in Brazil speak Tupi.

Who does what?

Many indigenous peoples divide up the work that needs to be done between men and...

Myths

Every society has its own set ideas about how the world began and how different...

Ways of learning

Houses

 

Food

The occupation of Brazil

Small groups of settlers would have adapted to life in the different natural environments that...

Population in America

One theory is that the first human beings arrived via the Bering Strait. Studies in...

Before Cabral

Pedro Álvares

Who they are

There are more than 260 different indigenous peoples in Brazil.This makes up a population of more...