Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin

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The Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin are diverse native communities with distinct languages, cultures, and traditions who have long inhabited and stewarded the Amazon rainforest across several South American countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural communities
ethnic groups
indigenous peoples
contemporaryIssue conflicts with extractive industries
cultural assimilation pressures
defense of uncontacted peoples
struggles for territorial demarcation
contributesTo carbon storage through forest conservation
culturalPractice body painting
communal longhouses in some groups
communal rituals
feather ornamentation
oral storytelling traditions
ritual use of hallucinogenic plants
environmentalKnowledge detailed knowledge of river systems
extensive ethnobotanical knowledge
environmentalRole protectors of biodiversity
stewards of tropical rainforest ecosystems
hasCharacteristic culturally diverse
ethnically diverse
forest‑dependent
linguistically diverse
river‑dependent
small‑scale subsistence economies
traditionally semi‑nomadic or village‑based
hasCollectiveRight land rights
self‑determination
hasLegalProtection Indigenous territories recognized by some Amazonian states
historicalExperience colonial violence
forced displacement
missionary activity
rubber boom exploitation
includesGroup Achuar
linked to: Achuar-Shiwiar

Asháninka
Awa (Awá‑Guajá)
linked to: Awá

Bora
Cofán
Guajajara
Huitoto (Witoto)
Kayapó
linked to: Kayapó people

Makushi
Munduruku
Shipibo‑Konibo
Shuar
Tikuna
linked to: Tikuna people

Waiwai
Wapishana
linked to: Wapixana

Xingu peoples
Yanomami
uncontacted or isolated Indigenous groups
landUsePractice agroforestry systems
controlled burning in some areas
management of Brazil nut and fruit trees
mosaic landscape management
locatedIn Amazon Basin
Amazon rainforest
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
Peru
South America
Suriname
Venezuela
populationEstimate over one million people
populationTrend threatened by disease and land loss
recognizedBy International Labour Organization Convention 169
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
speakLanguageFamily Arawakan languages
Cariban languages
linked to: Carib languages

Macro‑Jê languages
linked to: Macro-Jê languages

Nadahup languages
Panoan languages
Tacanan languages
Tupian languages
Yanomaman languages
threatenedBy agribusiness expansion
deforestation
illegal logging
invasive diseases
land grabbing
large infrastructure projects
mining
oil and gas extraction
traditionalBeliefSystem animism
shamanism
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
shifting cultivation
small‑scale horticulture
swidden agriculture

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Xingu peoples partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
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Secoya people UNRecognition indigenous peoples of the Amazon
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Indigenous peoples includesGroup Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Arara people partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Jesuit Missions of Moxos ethnicGroupInvolved Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Mojeño partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Cavineño people partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Nheengatu spokenBy Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
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Asuriní of Tocantins partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon region
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Resígaro people partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
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Yine people partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Resígaru ethnolinguisticGroup Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
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Amazonian languages spokenBy indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Paresí (Haliti) people partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Wayana people partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Vaupés linguistic area inhabitedBy Indigenous peoples of the northwest Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Yavitero people partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Warekena people partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Apolista people partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin
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Kulina people arePartOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Txikiyana hasSpeakersType Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
At Play in the Fields of the Lord hasSubject Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Yage usedBy Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
subject linked to: yage
Banisteriopsis caapi usedBy Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Juruá River region inhabitedBy Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Tucanoan spokenBy indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Return to the Amazon features indigenous peoples of the Amazon
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Conibo isPartOfBroaderCategory Indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin
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Cahuapanan peoples partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
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Kokama partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Cocamilla partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin