Siona people

E321305

Indigenous language Indigenous people ethnic group

The Siona people are an Indigenous group of the western Amazon, primarily in Colombia and Ecuador, known for their traditional rainforest-based livelihoods, shamanic practices, and rich oral culture.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Siona people canonical	9

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous language ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName	Bain ⓘ surface form: Gantëya Bain Sioni ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
cosmology	multi-layered universe ⓘ spirit-inhabited forest ⓘ
culturalPractice	ayahuasca shamanism ⓘ mythtelling ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ ritual chanting ⓘ yajé ceremonies ⓘ
engagesIn	cultural revitalization efforts ⓘ territorial rights defense ⓘ
ethnonym	Siona ⓘ
housingType	stilted wooden houses ⓘ thatched-roof houses ⓘ
kinshipSystem	bilateral kinship elements ⓘ
language	Siona language ⓘ
languageFamily	Tucanoan languages ⓘ
linguisticFamily	Tucanoan ⓘ
livesIn	Amazon rainforest ⓘ
mainCrops	maize ⓘ manioc ⓘ plantain ⓘ
primaryCountry	Colombia ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ
recognizedBy	Colombian state as Indigenous people ⓘ Ecuadorian state as Indigenous people ⓘ
region	northwestern Amazon ⓘ western Amazon ⓘ
religion	animism ⓘ shamanism ⓘ
ritualPlant	Banisteriopsis caapi ⓘ Psychotria viridis ⓘ
ritualSpecialist	shaman ⓘ
socialOrganization	extended family groups ⓘ village-based communities ⓘ
subFamily	Tucanoan languages ⓘ surface form: Western Tucanoan languages
threat	armed conflict ⓘ deforestation ⓘ environmental contamination ⓘ land grabbing ⓘ oil extraction ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood	fishing ⓘ gathering forest products ⓘ hunting ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Aguarico River basin ⓘ Cuyabeno ⓘ surface form: Cuyabeno River region Putumayo River ⓘ surface form: Putumayo River basin
uses	canoes for river transport ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Colombian Amazon region → inhabitedBy → Siona people ⓘ

Orellana Province → hasEthnicGroup → Siona people ⓘ

Aguarico River → hasIndigenousCommunity → Siona people ⓘ

Putumayo Department → hasIndigenousGroup → Siona people ⓘ

Amazon region of Ecuador → hasIndigenousGroup → Siona people ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of Ecuador → ethnicGroup → Siona people ⓘ

southern Colombia → hasIndigenousGroup → Siona people ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Colombia

Putumayo → indigenousGroupPresent → Siona people ⓘ

Sucumbíos Province → hasIndigenousPopulation → Siona people ⓘ