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The Indigenous peoples of Peru or Native Peruvians (Spanish: Peruanos Nativos) comprise a large number of ethnic groups who inhabit territory in present-day Peru. Indigenous cultures developed here for thousands of years before the arrival of the Spanish in 1532.
Pages in category "Indigenous peoples in Peru" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Norte Chico civilization (Precolumbian culture), coastal Peru; Paiján culture, northern coastal Peru, 8700–5900 BCE; Paracas, south coastal Peru, 600–175 BCE; Recuay culture, Peru (Precolumbian culture) Tallán (Precolumbian culture), north coastal Peru; Valdivia culture, Ecuador, 3500–1800 BCE; Virú culture, Piura Region, Peru, 200 BCE ...
Examples of ethnic groups residing in eastern Peru include the Shipibo, Urarina, [29] Cocama, and Aguaruna. There is no special law for ethnic groups or reserves; they are Peruvians and are legally treated as such. In the present day, some isolated indigenous communities still live in the Peruvian Amazon.
Advocacy groups for increased autonomy: Ethnocacerism, Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin, National Confederation of Peruvian Amazonian Nationalities, Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army, Pachakuti Indigenous Movement and Indian Movement Túpac Katari, National Alliance of Workers, Farmers, Students, Reservists and Laborers ...
A landmark ruling that an Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon could reclaim ancestral rainforests has been set aside by an appeals court in a move some legal experts called irregular.
The two major indigenous or ethnic groups are the Quechuas (belonging to various cultural subgroups), followed by the Aymaras, mostly found in the extreme southern Andes. A large proportion of the indigenous population who live in the Andean highlands still speak Quechua and have vibrant cultural traditions, some of which were part of the Inca ...
Peruvian indigenous groups were blocking a large river in the country's Amazon region on Wednesday in protest over a crude oil spill of an estimated 2,500 barrels in the world's largest rainforest ...