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The Ikolen of Brazil

The Ikolen of Brazil, numbering approximately 600 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Tupi-Mondé-speaking Indigenous people of the Ji-Paraná (Machado) River region of eastern Rondônia. They mostly adhere to Animism and Gavião Do Jiparaná is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Ikolen (Gaviao do Rondonia)

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Gavião Do Jiparaná (gvo)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016837
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Pray for the Ikolen of Brazil

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

70%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gavião Do Jiparaná
Language Family: Tupian

100%
%
Gavião Do Jiparaná Speakers

Media Resources in Gavião Do Jiparaná:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Gavião Do Jiparaná:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Ikolen are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Ikolen:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Ikolen of Brazil

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
readGenesis 3:15

Pray that those without Christ will hear the words of Genesis 1-3 in their own language, and desire to know their Creator and His provision of salvation.

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.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
readPsalm 32:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that God is their hiding place and that He will preserve them in the midst of trials.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Ikolen Across Countries (ROP3 - 103252) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
IkolenPG016837IkolenBrazil600Engaged yet UnreachedGavião Do JiparanáAnimism

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