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Latin AmericaFuture of Amazon rainforest policies at stake in Brazilian presidential electionUnited StatesNative American drive mining company off sacred landCanada$2.2M Boost For Quantum Test Targeting Iron Issues In First Nations GroupsWorldCelebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day with City Hall Flag Raising and Native-Led Events Across SeattleOceaniaMāori Band Coterie Revives Iconic Warriors Anthem — LBBLatin AmericaWake Forest-CINCIA Researchers Brief Pope on Amazon Mercury Pollution | NewswiseWorldIndigenous Peoples Day: Reflections on 500 Years of ResistanceWorldIndigenous Peoples Day 2026WorldPRCS Announces Facility Schedule Changes for Indigenous Peoples’ DayWorldIndigenous Peoples History and Storytelling is topic on October 6Latin AmericaFuture of Amazon rainforest policies at stake in Brazilian presidential electionUnited StatesNative American drive mining company off sacred landCanada$2.2M Boost For Quantum Test Targeting Iron Issues In First Nations GroupsWorldCelebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day with City Hall Flag Raising and Native-Led Events Across SeattleOceaniaMāori Band Coterie Revives Iconic Warriors Anthem — LBBLatin AmericaWake Forest-CINCIA Researchers Brief Pope on Amazon Mercury Pollution | NewswiseWorldIndigenous Peoples Day: Reflections on 500 Years of ResistanceWorldIndigenous Peoples Day 2026WorldPRCS Announces Facility Schedule Changes for Indigenous Peoples’ DayWorldIndigenous Peoples History and Storytelling is topic on October 6
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Peoples beginning with R

575 peoples so far, 115 of them historical. 8,475 more are on the list to be written.

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Best known firstLargest firstA to ZPeoples of the pastIn voluntary isolation
Rabi'a 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 4 moreA major branch of the ancient North Arabian tribes Historical Rajput 🇮🇳 India and 2 morePatrilineal clans with a history of warriorhood in northern and western India About 38 million Rashaida 🇪🇷 Eritrea and 2 moreNomadic camel herders of the Red Sea coastal plains in Sudan and Eritrea About 180,000, Afro-Asiatic RejangTun Hejang / Tun Jang 🇮🇩 IndonesiaLargest indigenous group of Bengkulu, Sumatra, with Austronesian roots About 1.3 million, Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) Rikbaktsa 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Amazon rain forest in northwest Mato Grosso, Brazil About 2,000, Macro-Gê Ripuarian Franks 🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreA Frankish group settled around Cologne on the Rhine after the Roman Empire Historical Rizeigat 🇸🇩 Sudan and 1 moreNomadic herders of Darfur and Chad, divided into camel and cattle herding groups About 400,000, Arabic Rohingyaruáingga 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 7 moreA stateless Muslim community from Rakhine State, Myanmar, now mostly displaced About 1.7 million, Indo-Aryan RoteneseSuku Rote 🇮🇩 IndonesiaNative people of Rote Island and West Timor, known for weaving and farming About 239,000, Austronesian Rovčani 🇲🇪 MontenegroA highlander tribe from the Rovca region of central Montenegro Rusyns 🇺🇦 Ukraine and 11 moreEast Slavic people native to the Carpathian Mountains About 1.8 million, East Slavic RyukyuansUchinaanchu 🇯🇵 JapanIndigenous people of the Ryukyu Islands in southern Japan About 1.4 million, Japonic

Seven peoples, once a week

Every Monday: seven peoples you may never have heard of, who they are and where they live.