Warekena people

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The Warekena people are an Indigenous group of the Northwest Amazon, primarily living along rivers in Brazil and Venezuela, known for their distinct Arawakan language and riverine culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Warekena people canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
cultureType riverine culture ⓘ
economicActivity fishing-based economy ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
environment riverine ecosystems ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Brazil ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
foodProcessing manioc flour production ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice oral tradition ⓘ
ritual use of manioc ⓘ
river-based navigation ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for documented use) ⓘ
language Warekena language ⓘ
languageBranch Northern Arawakan languages ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus endangered language community ⓘ
livesAlong Casiquiare Canal region ⓘ
linked to: Casiquiare canal

Rio Negro basin ⓘ
linked to: Negro River basin
locatedIn Northwest Amazon ⓘ
mainCrop manioc ⓘ
neighboringGroups Baniwa people ⓘ
linked to: Baniwa peoples

Baré people ⓘ
linked to: Baré peoples

Curripaco people ⓘ
Tukanoan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Tukano peoples
partOf Indigenous peoples of Brazil ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of Venezuela ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
region Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Rio Negro region ⓘ
Upper Rio Negro ⓘ
linked to: Rio Negro
religion animism ⓘ
socialOrganization kin-based communities ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ
usesRiverFor fishing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transportation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Warekena language → spokenBy → Warekena people ⓘ
Guarequena → hasEthnicGroup → Warekena people ⓘ
Uarekena → spokenBy → Warekena people ⓘ
Xié River → inhabitedBy → Warekena people ⓘ
Xié River → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Warekena people ⓘ
Curripaco people → relatedEthnicGroup → Warekena people ⓘ