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The Enawenê-Nawê of Brazil

The Enawenê-Nawê of Brazil, numbering approximately 1,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a small Amazonian Indigenous people of Brazil whose life revolves around fishing, communal living, and long spiritual rituals. Their culture is unique for its strong focus on ritual exchange with nature’s spirits and its reliance almost entirely on fish. They mostly adhere to Animism and Enawené-Nawé is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Enawenê-Nawê

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Enawené-Nawé (unk)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 1,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
People Group ID: PG016828
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Enawené-Nawé
Language Family: Arawakan

100%
%
Enawené-Nawé Speakers

Media Resources in Enawené-Nawé:

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Bible Resources in Enawené-Nawé:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources (GSEC: 0), there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources

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Pray specifically for the Enawenê-Nawê of Brazil

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

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

Pray for the gospel to advance and for more people to be brought into God's family through the reconciliation Jesus offers them.

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
readPsalm 100:3-4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be in awe of the Lord God, their Creator, and will give Him thanksgiving and praise.

Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
readLuke 10:3

Ask God to raise up and send humble believers who will depend on Him as they go out like lambs among wolves to share the good news with those who need to hear it.

Enawenê-Nawê Across Countries (ROP3 - 114794) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Enawenê-NawêPG016828Enawenê-NawêBrazil1,000Unengaged and UnreachedEnawené-NawéAnimism

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