▁and ▁land ▁used ▁for ▁mon oc ult ures , ▁such ▁as ▁entire ▁fields ▁of ▁rice , ▁or ▁gra zing . ▁The ▁people ▁were ▁transferred ▁from ▁M ato ▁Gros so ▁to ▁southern ▁Brazil , ▁a ▁less ▁fert ile ▁region ; ▁however , ▁the ▁X av ante ▁people ▁then ▁began ▁the ▁attempt ▁to ▁recover ▁the ▁land ▁they ▁had ▁lived ▁on ▁prior ▁to ▁contact ▁with ▁sett lers ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁with ▁dem ands ▁for ▁territory ▁being ▁met ▁with ▁violence ▁by ▁large ▁capital ist ▁companies ▁that ▁now ▁had ▁hold ▁of ▁the ▁areas . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁six ▁areas ▁were ▁dem arc ated ▁to ▁the ▁X av ante , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁extensions ▁of ▁some ▁areas ▁were ▁won . ▁However , ▁conflicts ▁regarding ▁the ▁territ ories ▁between ▁the ▁X av ante ▁and ▁Brazil ian ▁government ▁continue ▁today . ▁Currently , ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁Program ▁of ▁Document ation ▁of ▁Ind igen ous ▁Cult ures ▁( PRO DOC ULT ) ▁devoted ▁to ▁X av ante , ▁run ▁by ▁J . R . ▁Wel ch ▁and ▁R . ▁Costa ; ▁the ▁permanent ▁collection , ▁containing ▁images , ▁text , ▁cart ography ▁and ▁more ▁information ▁on ▁the ▁X av ante ▁people ▁and ▁language , ▁is ▁hous ed ▁in ▁the ▁Museum ▁of ▁the ▁Indian . ▁ ▁Language ▁Over view ▁X av ante ▁is ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁J ê ▁language ▁family , ▁itself ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Mac ro - G ê ▁stock .