Puínave people

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The Puínave people are an Indigenous group of the Amazon-Orinoco region of Colombia and Venezuela, known for their distinct language, traditional riverine livelihoods, and forest-based cultural practices.

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Puínave people canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language
indigenous people
alternativeName Puinave
Wãnsöhöt
continent South America
country Colombia
Venezuela
culturalArea Amazonia
linked to: Amazon Basin

Orinoco basin
linked to: Orinoco Basin
culturalPractice forest-based resource management
oral tradition
ritual ceremonies
ethnonym Puínave
hasRight collective land rights (in Colombia)
language Puínave language
languageFamily Puínave language family
locatedIn Amazon-Orinoco region
Amazonas State (Venezuela)
Guainía Department
Vichada Department
nativeTo Colombia
Venezuela
partOf indigenous peoples of the Amazon-Orinoco region
populationRegion Guainía Department, Colombia
linked to: Guainía Department
recognizedAs indigenous people of Colombia
indigenous people of Venezuela
region Guaviare River basin
linked to: Guaviare River

Inírida River basin
Orinoco River basin
linked to: Orinoco Basin
religion Christianity
traditional animist beliefs
spokenBy Puínave people
subsistenceType riverine subsistence
threat cultural assimilation pressures
deforestation
illegal mining
traditionalHousing communal houses
traditionalLivelihood fishing
gathering forest products
hunting
shifting cultivation
use canoes
riverine transportation

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vichada Department hasIndigenousPeoples Puínave people
Puerto Inírida nearbyIndigenousGroups Puínave people
Puínave language spokenBy Puínave people
subject linked to: Puínave people
Inírida hasIndigenousCommunity Puínave people
Cerros de Mono culturallySignificantFor Puínave people