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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 .
"The Interpreter: Has a remote Amazonian tribe upended our understanding of language". The New Yorker (a lengthy article about the Pirahã and Daniel Everett's work with them, with accompanying Slideshow Archived 2013-01-04 at archive.today. Correction appended online.) Bower, Bruce (4 December 2005).
Children stay close to their mothers when young; most of the childrearing is done by women. Yanomami groups are a famous example of the approximately fifty documented societies that openly accept polyandry, [15] though polygyny among Amazonian tribes has also been observed. [citation needed] Many unions are monogamous. Polygamous families ...
An Native Peruvian mother and daughter from the Urus islands. Many of the estimated 2000 nations and tribes present in 1500 died out as a consequence of the expansion and consolidation of the Inca Empire and its successor after 1533, the Spanish empire. In the 21st century, the mixed-race mestizos are the largest component of the Peruvian ...
The tribes speak the Chicham languages. [2] Their traditional way of life relies on gardening, and on hunting with blowguns and darts poisoned with curare. Complex spiritual beliefs are built around both of these activities. Jivaroan culture also features headhunting raids and ayahuasca ceremonies.
At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest reverberates. Until recently, the Juma people seemed destined to disappear like countless other Amazon tribes decimated by ...
American Indian Languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1. Deyermenjian, G. (1988) Land Rights, Cultural Survival and Innovation among Indigenous Peoples of the Western Amazon Basin: The Case of the Machiguenga. Master's Thesis, Clark University, International Development Dept.
Image credits: funai According to Algayer’s footage, the Massaco River people are becoming more numerous, a trend apparent among many uncontacted communities in the Amazon, The Guardian reported ...