Puínave people

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The Puínave people are an Indigenous group of the Amazon-Orinoco region of Colombia and Venezuela, known for their distinct language, traditional riverine livelihoods, and forest-based cultural practices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Puínave people canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alternativeName Puinave ⓘ
Wãnsöhöt ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
culturalArea Amazonia ⓘ
linked to: Amazon Basin

Orinoco basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
culturalPractice forest-based resource management ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual ceremonies ⓘ
ethnonym Puínave ⓘ
hasRight collective land rights (in Colombia) ⓘ
language Puínave language ⓘ
languageFamily Puínave language family ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon-Orinoco region ⓘ
Amazonas State (Venezuela) ⓘ
Guainía Department ⓘ
Vichada Department ⓘ
nativeTo Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of the Amazon-Orinoco region ⓘ
populationRegion Guainía Department, Colombia ⓘ
linked to: Guainía Department
recognizedAs indigenous people of Colombia ⓘ
indigenous people of Venezuela ⓘ
region Guaviare River basin ⓘ
linked to: Guaviare River

Inírida River basin ⓘ
Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
spokenBy Puínave people ⓘ
subsistenceType riverine subsistence ⓘ
threat cultural assimilation pressures ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
illegal mining ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal houses ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood fishing ⓘ
gathering forest products ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
use canoes ⓘ
riverine transportation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Vichada Department → hasIndigenousPeoples → Puínave people ⓘ
Puerto Inírida → nearbyIndigenousGroups → Puínave people ⓘ
Puínave language → spokenBy → Puínave people ⓘ
subject linked to: Puínave people
Inírida → hasIndigenousCommunity → Puínave people ⓘ
Cerros de Mono → culturallySignificantFor → Puínave people ⓘ