Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin

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The Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin are diverse native communities with distinct languages, cultures, and traditions who have long inhabited and stewarded the Amazon rainforest across several South American countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural communities ⓘ
ethnic groups ⓘ
indigenous peoples ⓘ
contemporaryIssue conflicts with extractive industries ⓘ
cultural assimilation pressures ⓘ
defense of uncontacted peoples ⓘ
struggles for territorial demarcation ⓘ
contributesTo carbon storage through forest conservation ⓘ
culturalPractice body painting ⓘ
communal longhouses in some groups ⓘ
communal rituals ⓘ
feather ornamentation ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
ritual use of hallucinogenic plants ⓘ
environmentalKnowledge detailed knowledge of river systems ⓘ
extensive ethnobotanical knowledge ⓘ
environmentalRole protectors of biodiversity ⓘ
stewards of tropical rainforest ecosystems ⓘ
hasCharacteristic culturally diverse ⓘ
ethnically diverse ⓘ
forest‑dependent ⓘ
linguistically diverse ⓘ
river‑dependent ⓘ
small‑scale subsistence economies ⓘ
traditionally semi‑nomadic or village‑based ⓘ
hasCollectiveRight land rights ⓘ
self‑determination ⓘ
hasLegalProtection Indigenous territories recognized by some Amazonian states ⓘ
historicalExperience colonial violence ⓘ
forced displacement ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
rubber boom exploitation ⓘ
includesGroup Achuar ⓘ
linked to: Achuar-Shiwiar

Asháninka ⓘ
Awa (Awá‑Guajá) ⓘ
linked to: Awá

Bora ⓘ
Cofán ⓘ
Guajajara ⓘ
Huitoto (Witoto) ⓘ
Kayapó ⓘ
linked to: Kayapó people

Makushi ⓘ
Munduruku ⓘ
Shipibo‑Konibo ⓘ
Shuar ⓘ
Tikuna ⓘ
linked to: Tikuna people

Waiwai ⓘ
Wapishana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana

Xingu peoples ⓘ
Yanomami ⓘ
uncontacted or isolated Indigenous groups ⓘ
landUsePractice agroforestry systems ⓘ
controlled burning in some areas ⓘ
management of Brazil nut and fruit trees ⓘ
mosaic landscape management ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon Basin ⓘ
Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
populationEstimate over one million people ⓘ
populationTrend threatened by disease and land loss ⓘ
recognizedBy International Labour Organization Convention 169 ⓘ
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ⓘ
speakLanguageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages

Macro‑Jê languages ⓘ
linked to: Macro-Jê languages

Nadahup languages ⓘ
Panoan languages ⓘ
Tacanan languages ⓘ
Tupian languages ⓘ
Yanomaman languages ⓘ
threatenedBy agribusiness expansion ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
illegal logging ⓘ
invasive diseases ⓘ
land grabbing ⓘ
large infrastructure projects ⓘ
mining ⓘ
oil and gas extraction ⓘ
traditionalBeliefSystem animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
small‑scale horticulture ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ

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

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Yucuna people → partOf → Amazonian indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Xingu peoples → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
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Secoya people → UNRecognition → indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
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Indigenous peoples → includesGroup → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
Arara people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
Jesuit Missions of Moxos → ethnicGroupInvolved → Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Mojeño → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
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Cavineño people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
Nheengatu → spokenBy → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
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Asuriní of Tocantins → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon region ⓘ
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Resígaro people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Yine people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
Resígaru → ethnolinguisticGroup → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
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Amazonian languages → spokenBy → indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Paresí (Haliti) people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
Wayana people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Vaupés linguistic area → inhabitedBy → Indigenous peoples of the northwest Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Yavitero people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Warekena people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Apolista people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Kulina people → arePartOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
Txikiyana → hasSpeakersType → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
At Play in the Fields of the Lord → hasSubject → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
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Yage → usedBy → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
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Banisteriopsis caapi → usedBy → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Juruá River region → inhabitedBy → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Tucanoan → spokenBy → indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Return to the Amazon → features → indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Conibo → isPartOfBroaderCategory → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Cahuapanan peoples → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Kokama → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Cocamilla → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin