Shuar people

E48222

Indigenous people ethnic group

The Shuar people are an Indigenous group of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador and Peru, known for their distinct language, rich warrior traditions, and deep connection to the forest environment.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Shuar people canonical	26
Shiwiar people	9

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Ecuador ⓘ Peru ⓘ
culturalArtifact	tsantsa ⓘ
culturalPractice	head shrinking ⓘ
culturalRegion	Amazonian Indigenous peoples of Ecuador ⓘ
ethnicity	Shuar ⓘ
facesIssue	deforestation ⓘ mining conflicts ⓘ oil extraction impacts ⓘ
hasOrganization	Shuar Federation of Ecuador ⓘ
knownFor	forest knowledge ⓘ shamanic practices ⓘ warrior culture ⓘ
languageFamily	Jivaroan languages ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Ecuador ⓘ northern Peru ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Shuar language ⓘ
partOf	Jivaroan ⓘ surface form: Jivaroan peoples
politicalMovement	Indigenous rights movement in Ecuador ⓘ
region	Amazon rainforest ⓘ Amazon Basin ⓘ surface form: Upper Amazon Basin
relatedEthnicGroup	Achuar people ⓘ Aguaruna people ⓘ Huambisa people ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
selfDesignation	Shuar ⓘ
socialOrganization	extended families ⓘ household-based groups ⓘ
traditionalBelief	multiple souls ⓘ spirit allies ⓘ
traditionalCrops	maize ⓘ manioc ⓘ peanuts ⓘ plantains ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing	communal houses ⓘ
traditionalMaterialCulture	basketry ⓘ blowguns ⓘ ceramics ⓘ spears ⓘ
traditionalReligion	animism ⓘ shamanism ⓘ
traditionalSettlementPattern	dispersed homesteads ⓘ
UNESCOCategory	Intangible cultural heritage (potential/associated) ⓘ
usesPsychoactivePlant	ayahuasca ⓘ maikua ⓘ
warriorTradition	feuding ⓘ raiding ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Shuar → spokenBy → Shuar people ⓘ

Shuar → ethnicGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

Zamora-Chinchipe Province → hasIndigenousPopulation → Shuar people ⓘ

Pastaza Province → ethnicGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

Jivaroan → ethnicGroupAssociated → Shuar people ⓘ

Achuar-Shiwiar language → spokenBy → Shuar people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiwiar people

Morona-Santiago Province → hasIndigenousPopulation → Shuar people ⓘ

Morona-Santiago Province → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

Orellana Province → hasEthnicGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

Amazon region of Ecuador → hasIndigenousGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiwiar people

Indigenous peoples of Ecuador → ethnicGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiwiar people

Nangaritza River basin → inhabitedBy → Shuar people ⓘ

Achuar people → relatedEthnicGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

Nangaritza Canton → hasEthnicGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

Shuar Federation of Ecuador → represents → Shuar people ⓘ

Shuar language → spokenBy → Shuar people ⓘ

Yacuambi Canton → hasIndigenousCommunity → Shuar people ⓘ

Jivaroan languages → associatedEthnicGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiwiar people

Maina → spokenBy → Shuar people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiwiar people

Pastaza River region → inhabitedBy → Shuar people ⓘ

Chicham languages → spokenBy → Shuar people ⓘ

Achuar-Shiwiar → spokenBy → Shuar people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiwiar people

Morona River region → inhabitedBy → Shuar people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiwiar people

Corrientes River region → inhabitedBy → Shuar people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiwiar people

Sucúa → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

Aguaruna people → relatedEthnicGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiwiar people

Huambisa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

Huambisa people → neighboringGroup → Shuar people ⓘ

Sucumbíos Province → hasIndigenousPopulation → Shuar people ⓘ

Loreto Canton → hasIndigenousCommunities → Shuar people ⓘ

Oriente (Ecuadorian Amazon region) → inhabitedBy → Shuar people ⓘ