Indigenous peoples of the Guianas

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Indigenous peoples of the Guianas are the original Amerindian inhabitants of the Guiana region in northeastern South America, encompassing diverse tribes with distinct languages, cultures, and histories across areas including French Guiana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian peoples
indigenous peoples collective
affectedBy European colonization
forced labor and displacement
missionary activity
continent South America
culturalTrait communal houses in some groups
hunting and fishing subsistence
ritual use of body paint and ornaments
riverine settlement patterns
shamanism
slash-and-burn agriculture
currentIssues cultural and language loss
environmental degradation from mining and logging
land rights conflicts
ethnolinguisticDiversity high
historicalPopulation pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Guiana Shield
includesEthnicGroup Akawaio
Akurio
Arawak
Carib peoples
surface form: Carib people

Galibi
Ingarikó
Kalinago
Kalin’a
Kari’ña
Lokono
Makushi
Palikur
Patamona
Pemon
Taurepang
Tiriyó
Trio people
Waiwai
Wapixana
surface form: Wapishana

Wayampí
surface form: Wayampi

Wayana
Ye’kuana
languageFamily Arawakan languages
Cariban languages
Tupian languages
isolated and small language families
locatedIn Brazil
French Guiana
British Guiana
surface form: Guyana

Suriname
Venezuela
northeastern South America
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Guianas self-linksurface differs
surface form: Indigenous peoples of South America
recognizedBy national constitutions and laws in several Guianan states
region Guianas

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French Guiana ethnicGroups Indigenous peoples of the Guianas
Pemon partOf Indigenous peoples of the Guianas
this entity surface form: indigenous peoples of the Guiana Shield
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas partOf Indigenous peoples of the Guianas self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of South America
Guyanese Creole hasEthnicGroup Indigenous peoples of the Guianas
this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of Guyana