Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin

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cultural communities ethnic groups indigenous peoples

The Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin are diverse native communities with distinct languages, cultures, and traditions who have long inhabited and stewarded the Amazon rainforest across several South American countries.

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Indigenous peoples of the Amazon 1
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Statements (94)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural communities ⓘ
ethnic groups ⓘ
indigenous peoples ⓘ
contemporaryIssue conflicts with extractive industries ⓘ
cultural assimilation pressures ⓘ
defense of uncontacted peoples ⓘ
struggles for territorial demarcation ⓘ
contributesTo carbon storage through forest conservation ⓘ
culturalPractice body painting ⓘ
communal longhouses in some groups ⓘ
communal rituals ⓘ
feather ornamentation ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
ritual use of hallucinogenic plants ⓘ
environmentalKnowledge detailed knowledge of river systems ⓘ
extensive ethnobotanical knowledge ⓘ
environmentalRole protectors of biodiversity ⓘ
stewards of tropical rainforest ecosystems ⓘ
hasCharacteristic culturally diverse ⓘ
ethnically diverse ⓘ
forest‑dependent ⓘ
linguistically diverse ⓘ
river‑dependent ⓘ
small‑scale subsistence economies ⓘ
traditionally semi‑nomadic or village‑based ⓘ
hasCollectiveRight land rights ⓘ
self‑determination ⓘ
hasLegalProtection Indigenous territories recognized by some Amazonian states ⓘ
historicalExperience colonial violence ⓘ
forced displacement ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
rubber boom exploitation ⓘ
includesGroup Achuar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asháninka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Awa (Awá‑Guajá) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cofán NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guajajara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Huitoto (Witoto) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kayapó NERFINISHED ⓘ
Makushi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Munduruku NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shipibo‑Konibo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shuar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tikuna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Waiwai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wapishana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xingu peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yanomami NERFINISHED ⓘ
uncontacted or isolated Indigenous groups ⓘ
landUsePractice agroforestry systems ⓘ
controlled burning in some areas ⓘ
management of Brazil nut and fruit trees ⓘ
mosaic landscape management ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationEstimate over one million people ⓘ
populationTrend threatened by disease and land loss ⓘ
recognizedBy International Labour Organization Convention 169 NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
speakLanguageFamily Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macro‑Jê languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nadahup languages ⓘ
Panoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tacanan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tupian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yanomaman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
threatenedBy agribusiness expansion ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
illegal logging ⓘ
invasive diseases ⓘ
land grabbing ⓘ
large infrastructure projects ⓘ
mining ⓘ
oil and gas extraction ⓘ
traditionalBeliefSystem animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
small‑scale horticulture ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ

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Aguaruna → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
Yucuna people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazonian indigenous peoples
Xingu peoples → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
Secoya people → UNRecognition → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: indigenous peoples of the Amazon