Kichwa del Oriente

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Kichwa del Oriente refers to the Amazonian Kichwa people, an Indigenous Quechua-speaking group living in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest with distinct cultural and linguistic traditions.

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Kichwa del Oriente canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Quechua-speaking people
associatedWith CONAIE
CONFENIAE
continent South America
country Ecuador
culturalElement Kichwa oral tradition
myths and legends about the forest
traditional dress
traditional music
culturalPractice communal work (minga)
ritual use of ayahuasca
shamanism
use of medicinal plants
economicActivity community-based ecotourism
handicrafts
small-scale agriculture
environment tropical rainforest
ethnicity Kichwa
hasRight collective land rights (recognized in Ecuadorian law)
language Amazonian Kichwa
languageBranch Kichwa
languageFamily Quechuan languages
locatedIn Amazon rainforest
Ecuadorian Amazon
movement Indigenous rights movement in Ecuador
region Napo River basin
Pastaza River basin
Upper Amazon region of Ecuador
religion Indigenous spirituality
Roman Catholicism
socialOrganization community assemblies
extended family households
subgroupOf Kichwa people
Quechua peoples
linked to: Quechua people
threatenedBy agribusiness expansion
deforestation
mining
oil extraction
traditionalHousing stilted wooden houses
thatched-roof houses
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
shifting cultivation
uses swidden agriculture

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Amazonian Kichwa hasAlternativeName Kichwa del Oriente