Aguaruna

E257472

Aguaruna are an Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon, known for their Jivaroan language, forest-based livelihoods, and strong traditions of autonomy and resistance.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Aguaruna canonical 14
Aguaruna (Awajún) 3
Aguajuna 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazonian Indigenous people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Awajún people ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
countryOfficialRecognition Peru ⓘ
culturalPractice communal decision-making ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual use of plants ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Jivaroan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Jivaroan
hasCollectiveOrganization Indigenous federations in northern Peruvian Amazon ⓘ
hasCollectiveRight Indigenous territorial rights in Peru ⓘ
knownFor resistance to external control ⓘ
strong traditions of autonomy ⓘ
language Aguaruna language ⓘ
languageFamily Jivaroan languages ⓘ
languageStatus Indigenous language of Peru ⓘ
livesIn Amazon rainforest ⓘ
nativeName Awajún ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
populationLocation Amazonas Region, Peru ⓘ
Cajamarca Region, Peru ⓘ
linked to: Cajamarca Region

Loreto Region, Peru ⓘ
San Martín Region, Peru ⓘ
region Peruvian Amazon ⓘ
northern Peru ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Achuar ⓘ
linked to: Achuar-Shiwiar

Huambisa ⓘ
Shuar ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
strugglesFor cultural autonomy ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
land rights ⓘ
traditionalHousing wooden houses with thatched roofs ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood fishing ⓘ
forest-based subsistence ⓘ
gathering forest products ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Cenepa River basin ⓘ
Marañón River basin ⓘ
linked to: Marañón River

Santiago River basin ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Aguaruna language → ethnicity → Aguaruna ⓘ
Jivaroan → hasMemberLanguage → Aguaruna ⓘ
Loreto Region → indigenousPeople → Aguaruna (Awajún) ⓘ
subject linked to: Loreto Region of Peru
linked to: Aguaruna
Peruvian Amazon → hasIndigenousPeople → Aguaruna (Awajún) ⓘ
linked to: Aguaruna
Awajún language → subfamily → Aguaruna–Huambisa ⓘ
linked to: Aguaruna
Awajún language → alternativeName → Aguajuna ⓘ
linked to: Aguaruna
Awajún language → hasExonym → Aguaruna ⓘ
Awajún → alsoKnownAs → Aguaruna ⓘ
Huambisa → closelyRelatedTo → Aguaruna ⓘ
Amazonas Region (Peru) → hasIndigenousLanguages → Aguaruna (Awajún) ⓘ
linked to: Aguaruna
Eastern Peru → hasIndigenousPeoples → Aguaruna ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Peru
Wampis → closelyRelatedTo → Aguaruna ⓘ
Wampis → languageFamilyBranch → Chicham (Jivaroan) ⓘ
linked to: Aguaruna
Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor → nearbyIndigenousGroups → Awajún (Aguaruna) ⓘ
linked to: Aguaruna
San Martín Region → hasIndigenousCommunity → Aguaruna ⓘ
subject linked to: San Martín Region, Peru
San Martín Region → languageSpoken → Aguaruna ⓘ
subject linked to: San Martín Region, Peru
Awajún people → alsoKnownAs → Aguaruna ⓘ
Wambisa → relatedEthnicGroups → Aguaruna ⓘ
Huambisa-Shuar → relatedGroup → Aguaruna ⓘ