Aguaruna

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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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Aguaruna canonical 5
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 (10)

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