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Pages in category "Indigenous peoples of the Amazon" The following 136 pages are in this category, out of 136 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
It's an almost unheard-of encounter - caught on video.A group of "uncontacted" indigenous people came out of the Brazilian-Peruvian forest along the Amazon river and entering a nearby modern ...
In 1961, British explorer Richard Mason was killed by an uncontacted Amazonian tribe, the Panará. [16] The Panará lived in relative isolation until 1973 when the government project (Cuiabá-Santarém) road BR-163 was built through their territory. As a result, the tribe suffered newly introduced diseases and environmental degradation of their ...
The Marubo live in the far west of Brazil, in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, an area covering 83,000 square kilometres (32,000 sq mi).. Access to the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory is limited by the government of Brazil to protect the indigenous groups inhabiting the area and the environment on which they depend for their traditional lifeways from exploitation by loggers, miners ...
The Ticuna were originally a tribe that lived far away from the rivers and whose expansion was kept in check by neighboring people. Their historical lack of access to waterways and their practice of endogamy has led to the Ticuna being culturally and genetically distinct from other Amazonian tribes. [3]
According to the linguistic anthropologist and former Christian missionary Daniel Everett, . The Pirahã are supremely gifted in all the ways necessary to ensure their continued survival in the jungle: they know the usefulness and location of all important plants in their area; they understand the behavior of local animals and how to catch and avoid them; and they can walk into the jungle ...
The Bora have an elaborate knowledge of the plant life of the surrounding rainforest. Like other indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon, such as the Urarina, [2] plants, especially trees, hold a complex and important interest for the Bora. [citation needed] Bows and arrows are the main weapons of the Bora culture used in person to person ...
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 ...