Asháninka (Campa)
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The Asháninka (Campa) are an Indigenous people of the central Amazonian rainforests of Peru and western Brazil, known for their distinct Arawakan language, rich forest-based culture, and long history of resistance to outside incursions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asháninka (Campa) canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Ashaninca
ⓘ
Awajún people ⓘ
surface form:
Asheninka
Huambisa ⓘ
surface form:
Campa
|
| clothing | kushma tunic ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country |
Brazil
ⓘ
Peru ⓘ |
| culturalArea |
Amazonia
ⓘ
lowland South America ⓘ |
| ethnonymLanguageFamily | Arawakan languages ⓘ |
| historicalConflict |
colonization fronts
ⓘ
internal armed conflict in Peru ⓘ missionary incursions ⓘ rubber boom exploitation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
basketry
ⓘ
body painting ⓘ resistance to outside incursions ⓘ rich forest-based culture ⓘ use of medicinal plants ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Arawakan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Arawakan language family
|
| languageStatus |
indigenous language
ⓘ
threatened language ⓘ |
| mainCrops |
maize
ⓘ
manioc ⓘ plantains ⓘ |
| organizationType | village-based communities ⓘ |
| populationEstimate | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Asháninka language ⓘ |
| region |
Peruvian Amazon
ⓘ
central Amazonian rainforest ⓘ Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
surface form:
western Brazilian Amazon
|
| religion |
animism
ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ |
| rightsIssue |
environmental protection
ⓘ
land rights ⓘ territorial autonomy ⓘ |
| socialStructure | extended families ⓘ |
| subsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering forest products ⓘ hunting ⓘ swidden horticulture ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | communal houses ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Apurímac River basin
ⓘ
Ene River basin ⓘ Juruá River region ⓘ Tambo River basin ⓘ Ucayali River ⓘ
surface form:
Ucayali River basin
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.