September 19, 2025Ethnohistory

“To Be at Peace”: Indigenous Women, Interethnic Marriages, and Cunhamenas in Northwestern Amazonia, 1730–1755

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Exogamous marriage enhanced social stability among Indigenous groups during European expansion, fostering cooperation.
Historical alliances through marriage, referred to as cunhamenas, among Arawakan, Cariban, and Tukanoan peoples led to robust exchange networks.
Portuguese authorities disrupted these traditions by enforcing monogamous marriages, which diminished Indigenous social structures.
New evidence from Inquisition files reveals how these marriage practices shaped settlement patterns and social dynamics.

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Analysis reveals that exogamous marriage shaped interethnic relations and social networks among Indigenous peoples, indicating significant impacts on demographic patterns.

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Bárbara Sommer (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d435ed713b0b5dfea75ee3 https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-11768356

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Analysis reveals that exogamous marriage shaped interethnic relations and social networks among Indigenous peoples, indicating significant impacts on demographic patterns.

“To Be at Peace”: Indigenous Women, Interethnic Marriages, and Cunhamenas in Northwestern Amazonia, 1730–1755

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“To Be at Peace”: Indigenous Women, Interethnic Marriages, and Cunhamenas in Northwestern Amazonia, 1730–1755

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