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  2. Yagua - Wikipedia

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    These names could conceivably have come from the Yagua words (j)ápiiryá 'red macaw clan' and rimyurá 'shaman' respectively. The former could very well be a village name as well as a name applied to an individual; today clan names are still used by many Yaguas as family names. The word for shaman might also be used to refer to an individual ...

  3. Mpologoma Clan - Wikipedia

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    After eating the lion meat, they started vomiting and also suffered severe stomach pains which led them to declaring never to eat lion's meat again. Their children too were to never eat lion's meat again hence the emerging of the Mpologoma Clan.It is also believed that if they ate the lion's meat, they would develop worse complications compared ...

  4. Indigenous peoples of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Indigenous people hold title to substantial portions of Peru, primarily in the form of communal reserves (Spanish: reservas comunales). The largest Indigenous communal reserve in Peru belongs to the Matsés people and is located on the Peruvian border with Brazil on the Javary River.

  5. Clan - Wikipedia

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    The English word "clan" is derived from old English word clann [1] meaning "children", "offspring", "progeny" or "descendants". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "clan" was introduced into English in around 1406, as a descriptive label for the organization of society in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.

  6. Mashco-Piro - Wikipedia

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    The Nomole tribe speaks a dialect of the Piro language. [4] Mashco (originally spelled "Maschcos") is a term which was first used by Padre Biedma in 1687 to refer to the Harakmbut people . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is considered a derogatory term, due to its meaning of ' savages ' in the Piro language; Nomole (relative) is the name the people apply to ...

  7. Basimba people - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] [4] The name Basimba (Swahili for big lion [5]) is a label of shared identity that predates the 13th century. Basimba has been alternatively associated with the people or their place of origin. The early Ovambo people [6] applied the name to the whole group of the leopard totem clan, known as Bena Ngo in Zambia [7] and Abe Ngo ...

  8. Oreet - Wikipedia

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    The Nandi ortinuek are each identified by an 'animal' or tiondo, which no clan member could hunt. Clan symbols (tiondo) range from birds, wild animals, frog and snake to bees. Although the sun is not an animal, 'she' has oreet and is called 'tiondo' in the same sense as a lion.

  9. Ateker peoples - Wikipedia

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    The word Ateker is a generic term for "related peoples" or "relatives" (the term also refers to clan). [3] It is derived from the root ker , which has two root meanings: fear and respect. Ateker, in its true sense, is a union of free people with mutual recognition and respect for each other.