Yucuna people

E311167

ethnic group indigenous people

The Yucuna people are an Indigenous group of the northwest Amazon known for their Tukanoan language, complex ritual life, and traditional subsistence based on fishing, hunting, and shifting agriculture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tucano peoples	2
Yucuna people canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
colonialHistory	contact with rubber traders ⓘ missionization in 20th century ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
cosmology	shamanic worldview ⓘ
country	Colombia ⓘ
cultivates	maize ⓘ manioc ⓘ plantains ⓘ tubers ⓘ
culturalArea	Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ surface form: Northwest Amazonia
engagesIn	fishing with hooks ⓘ fishing with nets ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Colombia ⓘ
hasEndonym	Yucuna ⓘ
hasExonym	Matapi ⓘ
hasOralTradition	myths of origin ⓘ ritual narratives ⓘ
hasRitualLife	complex ritual practices ⓘ
hasSocialOrganization	clan-based system ⓘ
language	Yucuna language ⓘ
languageFamily	Arawakan languages ⓘ
livesAlong	Caquetá River ⓘ Mirití-Paraná River ⓘ
neighboringGroup	Bora people ⓘ Muinane people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tukano peoples ⓘ surface form: Tukano people
partOf	Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ surface form: Amazonian indigenous peoples
populationEstimate	a few thousand ⓘ
region	northwestern Amazon ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ animism ⓘ
ritualPractice	chanting ⓘ collective dances ⓘ use of hallucinogenic plants ⓘ
threatenedBy	deforestation ⓘ illegal mining ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ
traditionalCraft	basketry ⓘ body painting ⓘ ceramics ⓘ
traditionalHousing	maloca ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ hunting ⓘ shifting agriculture ⓘ
uses	canoes ⓘ
usesAgriculturalSystem	swidden agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colombian Amazon region → inhabitedBy → Yucuna people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tucano peoples

Yucuna language → spokenBy → Yucuna people ⓘ

Guainía Department → hasIndigenousPopulation → Yucuna people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tucano peoples