Akawaio people
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The Akawaio people are an Indigenous group of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil, traditionally living in rainforest and riverine environments and maintaining a distinct culture, language, and subsistence lifestyle.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amerindian people
ⓘ
Cariban-speaking people ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Acawai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Acawayo NERFINISHED ⓘ Akawayo NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Brazil
ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
oral tradition
ⓘ
ritual use of cassava ⓘ shamanism ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script (for Akawaio language) ⓘ |
| language | Akawaio language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban languages ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Amazon rainforest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guiana Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ rainforest environments ⓘ riverine environments ⓘ |
| partOf |
indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
ⓘ
indigenous peoples of the Guianas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationTrend | relatively small population ⓘ |
| region |
Bolívar state, Venezuela
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Inland Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Roraima, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Patamona people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pemon people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ |
| threat |
deforestation
ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ mining activities ⓘ |
| traditionalCrop |
bananas
ⓘ
cassava ⓘ maize ⓘ sweet potatoes ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ shifting cultivation ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Cuyuni River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
border region of Guyana and Venezuela ⓘ upper Mazaruni River region ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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