 Oziel Apopi Rikbaktsa - Rikbaktsa - Brazil  The Rikbaktsa live in 3 indigenous land: Erikpatsa, JapuÃ­ra and Escondido, all of them located in the county of JuÃ­na (MT). According to FUNASA, as of 2010, the total population of this Ethnicity was of 1.324 individuals. The first record of contact with non-indigenous was in 1940 with the arrival of the tappers in the region. They have always protected their lands, and, because of that, were know as warriors. The peaceful relation between indigenous and white people occurred only from 1957 to 1962. They speak the Rikbaktsa language, from the linguistic root Macro-JÃª. The self denomination Rikbaktsa means "the human beings". But locally they are known as boatmen for their skill with canoes. They are also called "wooden ears" for they use big "botoques" made of small boxes and inserted into the extended lobe of the ears.  