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{{Short description|Indigenous people of Brazil}}
{{for|the language|Kadiweu language}}
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|group=Kadiwéu
|image=[[File:Kadiweu woman 1892.jpg|250px]]
|caption=Kadiwéu woman from<br/>[[Nabileque River]] region, [[Brazil]], ca. 1892
|population=1346 (2009)<ref name=intro/>–1400<ref name=every/>
|popplace={{Flag|Brazil}}<br/>([[Mato Grosso do Sul]])
|rels=traditional tribal religion
|langs=[[Kadiweu language|Kadiweu]]
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The '''Kadiwéu''' are an [[indigenous people of Brazil]].  In 1998, they lived in four villages, with some families living independently in the jungle.<ref name=every>[http://www.everyculture.com/South-America/Kadiw-u.html "Kadiweu."] ''Countries and Their Cultures.'' (retrieved 3 Dec 2011)</ref><ref name=fabre>Fabre, Alain (2006). ''Los guaykurú'', Part 3 of ''Los pueblos del Gran Chaco y sus lenguas''. Suplemento Antropológico, volume 41 issue 2, pp. 7–132. Asunción, Paraguay. [http://www.ling.fi/Entradas%20diccionario/Dic=Guaykur%FA.pdf Online version]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} updated 2009-07-30, accessed on 2010-08-20.</ref>  They are known for their horse riding skills.<ref name=intro>[http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/kadiweu "Kadiwéu: Introduction."] ''Povos Indígenos no Brasil.'' (retrieved 3 Dec 2011)</ref>
==Name==
Their name is now spelled "Kadiwéu" in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] (plural Kadiwéus).<ref name=fabre/> The Kadiweu are also known as the Cadiguebo, Cadioeo, Caduveo, Caduvéo, Caduví, Cayua, Guaicuru, Kadiveo, Kadivéu, Kadiweu, Kaduveo, Kaiwa, or Mbayá-Guaikurú.<ref name=intro/><ref name=every/>
==Language==
They are a branch of the [[Guaycuru peoples]] and speak the characteristic [[Kadiweu language]] that belongs to the [[Guaicuruan languages|Guaicuruan]]  language family.  They are the last surviving group of [[Mbayá people]]s.<ref name=intro/>
==Territory==
The Kadiweu today live in the [[Kadiweu Indigenous Land]], a large reserve established in 1903,<ref name=every/> in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the municipality of [[Porto Murtinho]], between the [[Serra de Bodoquena]] and the [[Nabileque River|Nabileque]] and [[Aquidavão River|Aquidavão]] rivers.<ref name=fabre/>
==History==
The Kadiweu are the largest surviving branch of the [[Mbayá people]]. The Mbayá were raiders in the 18th century and numbered 4,000, but [[smallpox]] and influenza radically decreased their population at the end of the 18th century.<ref name=every/>
During the [[War of Triple Alliance]] of 1865–1870, the Kadiweu fought against [[Paraguay]] on the side of [[Brazil]].<ref name=intro/><ref name=every/>
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nmai.si.edu/searchcollections/results.aspx?regid=1936 Kadiwéu artwork], National Museum of the American Indian
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