Muras
The muras are a Brazilian indigenous group that inhabits the center and east of the state of Amazonas, more precisely in the indigenous areas Boa Vista, Capivara, Cuia, Cunha, Gavião, Guapenu, Itaitinga, Lago Aiapoá, Murutinga, Natal / Felicidade, Onça, Padre, Paracuhuba, Recreio / São Félix, São Pedro, Tracajá, Trincheira, Méria, Miratu, Tabocal and Pantaleão. The Mura Indian tribe has a large participation in Brazilian history, going back to the period of the colony, when they were already mentioned in documents in which they were visible their arredia personality and their spirit of resistance against the dominion of the Portuguese civilization. According to Engrácia de Oliveira, in a historical account of the muras: It is known that they, who made the canoes their houses, which, like the 'Corsican Indians', covered a large area of action extending from the frontier of Peru to the Trombetas, which they stood out in the attempts to reject the invasion of the civilized in their territories, being fierce, fearless and using special tactics of attack, which, with their incursions and 'raids', frightened the 18th century Amazon ...