Zoʼé

The Zoʼé people are an Indigenous people of the eastern Amazon rainforest, living in the state of Pará, northern Brazil. Their territory lies within the municipality of Óbidos, primarily between the Erepecuru River and the Cuminapanema River, both tributaries of the lower Amazon basin.

The Zoʼé belong to the Tupi–Guarani cultural group and are among the most recently contacted Indigenous peoples in Brazil.

Until the late twentieth century, the Zoʼé lived in near complete isolation. Sustained contact with non-Indigenous society occurred only in the 1980s and was followed by severe demographic decline due to the spread of introduced infectious diseases. Since the 1990s, their territory has been subject to protection measures, and their population has gradually stabilized and begun to recover. Current population estimates are approximately 250 individuals.