Awajún people

E905327
Amazonian Indigenous people Indigenous people ethnic group

The Awajún people are an Indigenous group of the Amazon rainforest in northern Peru, known for their distinct language, rich oral traditions, and strong resistance to outside encroachment on their ancestral lands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Awajún people canonical 4
Asheninka 1
Wampis people 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazonian Indigenous people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Aguaruna NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
culturalHeritage knowledge of forest biodiversity ⓘ
oral transmission of history ⓘ
traditional medicinal knowledge ⓘ
culturalTrait mythology ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
ritual songs ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
inhabit Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor defense of ancestral lands ⓘ
resistance to outside encroachment ⓘ
language Awajún language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus Indigenous people recognized by the Peruvian state ⓘ
nativeName Awajún NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalActivity Indigenous rights activism ⓘ
environmental defense ⓘ
populationCenter Amazonas Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cajamarca Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loreto Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Martín Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
region northern Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based society ⓘ
extended family households ⓘ
threat deforestation ⓘ
land encroachment ⓘ
mining concessions ⓘ
oil extraction ⓘ
traditionalAdornment ear ornaments ⓘ
feather ornaments ⓘ
necklaces ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
body painting ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Cenepa River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marañón River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santiago River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Awajún language → spokenBy → Awajún people ⓘ
Aguaruna → alternativeName → Awajún people ⓘ
Chicham languages → spokenBy → Awajún people ⓘ
Chicham languages → spokenBy → Awajún people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wampis people
Aguaruna people → alternativeName → Awajún people ⓘ
Asháninka (Campa) → alternativeName → Awajún people ⓘ
subject surface form: Asháninka
this entity surface form: Asheninka