Paleogenetic Studies in Guajajara Skeletal Remains, Maranhão State, Brazil

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Chronology related to contact with the Guajajara (upper Pindaré River).

First colonization try at Maranhão                    1553

French invade São Luiz island, they contact “Pinariens” (Maranhão)       1612

Portuguese expel the French                       1613

Portuguese refer the Guajajara Amerindians (Maranhão)           1615

Jesuíts fund the first cathechist missions (Maranhão)              1653

Ships bringing the first Africans slaves, São Marcos bay (Maranhão)    century VII

Foundation Mission Carará (Maranhão)              century XVIII.

First slave ships officers arrive (Maranhão)                 1761

Refuge of Cabanagem soldiers (Grão-Pará)                1835–1841

Foundation of the original village, Januária (Maranhão)            1854

Migration of refugees from drought in the Northeast          1877–1880

Foundation of the Quilombos in Imperatriz (Marnhão)         century XIX

Foundation of the present village, Januária              century XX