Wapishana people

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The Wapishana people are an Indigenous group of the Guiana Highlands region of Brazil and Guyana, known for their distinct cultural traditions, agriculture-based livelihoods, and Arawakan linguistic heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Wapishana people canonical 11

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
autonym Wapixana ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
culturalArea Amazon cultural area ⓘ
culturalPractice oral tradition ⓘ
ritual dance ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
engagedIn land rights activism ⓘ
ethnicity Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana
ethnolinguisticFamily Arawakan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for Wapishana language) ⓘ
historicalRegion Rupununi savannah ⓘ
linked to: Rupununi Savannah
indigenousTo Brazil ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
language Wapishana language ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
neighboringGroup Makushi people ⓘ
Patamona people ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples in Brazil ⓘ
Indigenous peoples in Guyana ⓘ
populationStatus minority group in Brazil ⓘ
minority group in Guyana ⓘ
primaryLivelihood agriculture ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn Brazil ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
region Guiana Highlands ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional indigenous beliefs ⓘ
subsistenceActivity farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
hammock weaving ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
traditionalCrop bananas ⓘ
cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
traditionalEconomy shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village-based leadership ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Wapishana language → spokenBy → Wapishana people ⓘ
Wapishana language → ethnicity → Wapishana people ⓘ
Brazilian Wapishana → spokenBy → Wapishana people ⓘ
Guyana Wapishana → spokenBy → Wapishana people ⓘ
Wapixana → spokenBy → Wapishana people ⓘ
Vapixana → spokenByEthnicGroup → Wapishana people ⓘ
Wapichan → spokenBy → Wapishana people ⓘ
Wapichan → associatedEthnicity → Wapishana people ⓘ
Atorada language → associatedPeople → Wapishana people ⓘ
Rupununi region → inhabitedBy → Wapishana people ⓘ
Rupununi River → associatedWith → Wapishana people ⓘ