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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 ...
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 .
In 1988 the US-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) funded the musical Yanomamo, by Peter Rose and Anne Conlon, to convey what is happening to the people and their natural environment in the Amazon rainforest. [66] It tells of Yanomami tribesmen/tribeswomen living in the Amazon and has been performed by many drama groups around the world. [67]
They are interfluvial Indians who live in small villages along the Mavaca and Orinoco Rivers, with each village consisting of a single shabono, or communal dwelling. [3] Largely uncontacted by the outside world, the Yanomami have been affected by illnesses introduced by gold miners since the 1980s. [ 4 ]
This gave them a technological edge over the other tribes because they were the first to have access to guns. During this time many social and religious norms were uprooted in order to get more rubber and the majority of the Marúbo were involved in the rubber industry. [ 2 ]
Tucano bark cloth dance regalia, collection of the American Museum of Natural History. The Tucano people (sometimes spelt Tukano)(In Tucano: ye’pâ-masɨ (m.sg.), ye’pâ-maso (f.sg.), ye’pâ-masa (pl.)), [1] are a group of Indigenous South Americans in the northwestern Amazon, along the Vaupés River and the surrounding area.
Amazonian Kichwas are a grouping of indigenous Kichwa peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon, with minor groups across the borders of Colombia and Peru.Amazonian Kichwas consists of different ethnic peoples, including Napo Kichwa (or Napu Runa, as they call themselves, living in the Napo and Sucumbíos provinces, with some parts of their community living in Colombia and Peru) and Canelos Kichwa ...
The Matsés or Mayoruna are an indigenous people of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon.Their traditional homelands are located between the Javari and Galvez rivers. The Matsés have long guarded their lands from other indigenous tribes and struggle with encroachment from illegal logging practices and poaching.