Krahô

{{Short description|Indigenous Timbira Gê people of Brazil}}

{{Infobox ethnic group

| group = Krahô

| native_name = Mehĩ

| native_name_lang =

| languages = Krahô, Portuguese

| religions =

| related_groups =

| image = Índios craôs do Vale do Tocantins.tif

| population = 2,000+

| total_year = 1999

| total1_year = 1900

| total2 = 400

| total2_year = 1930

| total1_source =

| total3 = 1,198

| total3_year = 1989

| regions = Tocantins, Brazil

}}

The Krahô ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|r|ɑː|h|oʊ

}}, {{Langx|pt|Craós}}) are an indigenous Timbira Gê people of northeastern Brazil. The Krahô historically inhabited a portion of modern Maranhão along the Balsas River, but were pushed west by pioneer settlement and cattle farmers.{{Cite web|url=https://pib.socioambiental.org/pt/Povo:Krah%C3%B4|title=Krahô - Povos Indígenas no Brasil|website=pib.socioambiental.org|access-date=2019-09-10}}{{Cite journal|last1=Callegari Jacques|first1=Sidia M.|last2=Salzano|first2=Francisco M.|date=1979-07-01|title=Demography and genetics of the Krahó and Gorotire Indians of Brazil|journal=Journal of Human Evolution|volume=8|issue=5|pages=513–522|doi=10.1016/0047-2484(79)90041-1|issn=0047-2484}} Currently, the Krahô live on the Terra Indígena Kraolândia reservation in Tocantins.

The Krahô have historically been seminomadic, practicing hunting and gathering and shifting cultivation.{{Cite journal|last1=Mistry|first1=Jayalaxshmi|last2=Berardi|first2=Andrea|last3=Andrade|first3=Valeria|last4=Krahô|first4=Txicaprô|last5=Krahô|first5=Phocrok|last6=Leonardos|first6=Othon|date=2005-06-01|title=Indigenous Fire Management in the cerrado of Brazil: The Case of the Krahô of Tocantíns|journal=Human Ecology|language=en|volume=33|issue=3|pages=365–386|doi=10.1007/s10745-005-4143-8|s2cid=30603983 |issn=1572-9915|citeseerx=10.1.1.521.6720}}