Temiminó

The Temiminó were a Tupi-speaking Indigenous people of the coast of south-eastern Brazil, around Guanabara Bay and Espírito Santo, enemies of the Tupinambá allied with the French. Under their leader Arariboia they allied with the Portuguese and helped Estácio de Sá and Mem de Sá drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro by 1567. In reward Arariboia received land across the bay, where the town of Niterói grew.