Gramática do Kamaiurá, Língua Tupi-Guarani do Alto Xingu Dr. Seki's book on the Kamayurá is the first comprehensive grammar of an Indian language by a Brazilian since Anchieta's description of Tupinambá in 1595." Gramática do Kamaiurá, Língua Tupi-Guarani do Alto Xingu Gramática do Kamaiurá, Língua Tupi-Guarani do Alto Xingu, by Lucy Seki, is an authoritative and comprehensive description of Kamayurá, an indigenous language of Brazil. Kamayurá is spoken by the people of the same name, which number about 290 as of 2005, living in two villages in the Xingu National Indian Reservation, Brazil. The book has 482 pages of text, plus 17 pages of color photos of the
Red River of the South receives little precipitation. As a result, much of the river above the Texas–Oklahoma border is intermittent, and until the river is past its great bend south in Arkansas, the flow varies widely. Most of the agriculture in the basin is sustained by groundwater, which is recharged with rainfall and riverflow. The lower course of the river flows through a series of marshes and swamps, where its flow is dramatically moderated. Native American cultures along the river were diverse, developing specialized adaptations to the many different environments. By the time of European contact, the eastern Piney Woods were dominated by the