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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Satere of Brazil

The Satere of Brazil, numbering approximately 11,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Amazonian people of Brazil, living primarily in the mid‑Amazon region along the border between the states of Amazonas and Pará. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Sateré-Mawé is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Satere

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Sateré-Mawé (mav)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 11,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017096
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sateré-Mawé
Language Family: Tupian

100%
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Sateré-Mawé Speakers

Media Resources in Sateré-Mawé:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Sateré-Mawé:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Satere are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Satere:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Satere of Brazil

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
readMark 10:15

Pray for those who might be trapped in pride, that God will humble them and give them a childlike faith and complete dependence on Him through faith in Christ.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
readMark 10:14b

Praise Jesus for the way He loves children, asking that many will learn the truth about Him and come to Him unhindered.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in what God has done for them and will help others know how they can also be reconciled to God.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
readJohn 1:5

Pray that when discouraging days come, those who cross cultures for the sake of the gospel will be comforted as they remember that the light of Christ is stronger than the darkness that surrounds them.

Satere-Mawe Across Countries (ROP3 - 108743) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SaterePG017096SatereBrazil11,000No Longer UnreachedSateré-MawéEthnoreligion

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