Xingu peoples Xingu peoples Xingu peoples are indigenous peoples of Brazil living near the Xingu River. They have many cultural similarities despite their different ethnologies. Xingu people represent fifteen tribes and all four of Brazil's indigenous language groups, but they share similar belief systems, rituals and ceremonies. The Upper Xingu region was heavily populated prior to European and African contact. Densely populated settlements developed from 1200 to 1600 CE. Ancient roads and bridges linked communities that were often surrounded by ditches or moats. The villages were pre-planned and featured circular plazas. Archaeologists have unearthed 19 villages so far. Kuikuro oral history says
Silver Creek (American River) Silver Creek (American River) Silver Creek is a major tributary of the South Fork American River in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It begins below the dam of Junction Reservoir where its two main tributaries meet — South Fork Silver Creek and Big Silver Creek. There are three reservoirs, all part of the Upper American River Project, along Silver Creek and its tributaries before the main stem empties into the South Fork American River just north of Pollock Pines. Ice House Reservoir lies along South Fork Silver Creek four miles northwest of Kyburz. Nine miles northwest of Kyburz is Union