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{{Infobox Ethnic group
|group=Jamamadí
|image=
|population=882 (in 2010)<ref name=sa/>
|popplace={{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil]] ([[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas State]])
|rels=
|langs=[[Jamamadi language|Jamamadi]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
|related=[[Banawá people]]
}}
The '''Jamamadí''', also called the Yamamadi, Kanamanti, Jeoromitxi, Kapaná, and Kapinamari, are an [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|indigenous people]] who live in [[Acre (state)|Acre]] and [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]], [[Brazil]].

They speak the [[Jamamadi language]], part of the [[Arawá language]] family. Their territory is between the [[Juruá River|Juruá]] and [[Purus River]]s. The [[rubber boom]]s of the 19th century brought non-Natives into their territory.<ref name=sa>[http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/jamamadi "Jamamadi."] ''Povos Indígenas no Brazil.'' (retrieved 20 Feb 2011)</ref>

They are a sedentary people, who hunt, gather, farm, fish, and sell handicrafts for subsistence.<ref>[http://www.nativeplanet.org/indigenous/ethnicdiversity/latinamerica/brazil/indigenous_data_brazil_jamamadi.shtml "Indigenous Communities from Brazil: Jamamadi."] ''Native Planet.'' (retrieved 20 Feb 2011)</ref>

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==Further reading==
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=jaa Jamamadí], Ethnologue

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