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Terra Indigena Menkragnoti is anindigenous territory created in 1994 in the state ofPará (as part of municipalities of Altamira and São Félix do Xingu) and inMato Grosso (municipalities of Matupá and Peixoto de Azevedo), Brazil.[1] It is home to theMenkragnoti tribe, which belongs to theKayapo nation.[2] It has a total population of 626 people living in 4,914,254.82 hectares (12,143,388.1 acres). The Terra Indigena is also home to an unknown number ofisolated Mengra Mrari Indians. TI Menkragnoti is adjacent toTerra Indigena Kaiapo and TI Bau. It forms the most important nature conservancy unit in Para.
There are three bands of uncontacted people living within the territory. The presence of the first group (a subgroup of the Mengra Mrari tribe) was confirmed long back. The other two bands are Capot/Nhinore and Iriri Novo (named after the locations).[3]
