Huambisa people

E278947

The Huambisa people are an indigenous group of the western Amazon, closely related to the Shuar, known for their distinct language, forest-based livelihoods, and resistance to outside encroachment.

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Huambisa people canonical 7

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
continent South America
country Peru
culturalArea Amazon Basin
culturalPractice oral tradition
ritual use of forest plants
diet cultivated crops
fish
game meat
wild forest foods
economicActivity subsistence economy
ethnicGroupOf Peru
geographicFeature Amazon rainforest
knowledgeSystem traditional ecological knowledge
knownFor forest-based livelihoods
resistance to outside encroachment
language Huambisa language
languageFamily Jivaroan languages
linguisticRelation Huambisa language is closely related to Shuar language
neighboringGroup Achuar people
Shuar people
partOf Jivaroan
surface form: Jivaroan cultural complex
populationDistribution scattered riverine settlements
primaryHabitat tropical rainforest
recognizedAs indigenous people of Peru
region western Amazon
relatedEthnicGroup Shuar people
rightsIssue cultural autonomy
land rights
selfIdentification Huambisa
socialOrganization small kin-based communities
subsistenceStrategy mixed horticulture and foraging
threat deforestation
external encroachment on their lands
traditionalLivelihood fishing
gathering forest products
hunting
small-scale agriculture
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
transportMode river transport
typeOfTerritory indigenous territory
useOfEnvironment riverine resources
swidden agriculture

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Shuar people relatedEthnicGroup Huambisa people
Jivaroan ethnicGroupAssociated Huambisa people
Achuar people relatedEthnicGroup Huambisa people
Jivaroan languages associatedEthnicGroup Huambisa people
Huambisa spokenBy Huambisa people
Huambisa ethnicityOfSpeakers Huambisa people
Aguaruna people relatedEthnicGroup Huambisa people