Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Potiguara (also Potyguara or Pitiguara) are a nation of indigenous people in Brazil. The Potiguara live in the state of Paraíba in the municipalities of Marcação Baía da Traição and Rio Tinto. Their population are 12000 Indians and occupied 26 villages at 3 reservations (Terras Indígenas): Potiguara Jacaré de São Domingos e Potiguara de Monte-Mor. Their name Potiguara means shrimp-eaters from poty shrimp and uara eater according to Brazilian writer José de Alencar.
