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Kabila

Peoples of South America

Peoples of the Amazon, the Andes, the Chaco and Patagonia. 113 peoples on Kabila so far.

🇧🇷 Brazil 89🇧🇴 Bolivia 18🇵🇪 Peru 15🇦🇷 Argentina 13🇨🇴 Colombia 11🇪🇨 Ecuador 10🇵🇾 Paraguay 8🇻🇪 Venezuela 8🇨🇱 Chile 6🇬🇾 Guyana 6🇬🇫 French Guiana 5🇸🇷 Suriname 5🇺🇾 Uruguay 2
CofánAʼi 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon, known for rainforest stewardship About 2,000 ApiacáApiaká 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of northern Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil About 850, Tupi–Guarani KamayuráKamaiurá 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Upper Xingu, central Brazil About 604, Tupi–Guarani Aikanã 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Rondônia, western Amazonian lowlands About 350 Bora 🇵🇪 Peru and 2 moreForest people of the Amazon between the Napo, Putumayo, and Caquetá rivers About 2,000, Bora–Witoto (proposed) ChamacocoIshír 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Gran Chaco, with river and forest traditions About 2,000, Zamucoan Wai-waiWaiwai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreForest-dwelling Cariban people of southern Guyana and northern Brazil About 3,000, Cariban Enawene NaweEnawenê-nawê 🇧🇷 BrazilGrowers and fishers of Mato Grosso, Brazil, who do not eat red meat About 737, Arawakan MuraBuxwaray 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the central and eastern Amazon in Brazil About 18,000 Ese EjjaEce'je 🇧🇴 Bolivia and 1 moreIndigenous people of the southwestern Amazon in Bolivia and Peru About 2,000, Tacanan Tiriyótarëno 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous Cariban-speaking people of northern Brazil, Suriname, and Guyana About 4,000, Cariban KaiabiKawaiwete 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers and craftspeople of the Xingu Indigenous Park in Brazil About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani Mojeño 🇧🇴 BoliviaIndigenous people of Bolivia's Llanos de Mojos and Mamoré River region About 42,000, Arawakan Kalapalo 🇧🇷 BrazilFishers and farmers of Brazil's Upper Xingu region About 669, Cariban Guarayos 🇧🇴 BoliviaFarmers and forest dwellers of eastern Bolivia's lowlands About 12,000, Tupían ChiquitanoMonkóx 🇧🇴 Bolivia and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Chiquitania savanna in eastern Bolivia and Brazil About 89,000, possibly Macro-Jê WapishanaWapichana 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous Arawakan people of northern Brazil and southern Guyana About 16,000, Arawakan Palikur 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreArawak-speaking riverine people of Amapá and French Guiana About 2,000, Arawakan BaniwaWalimanai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon borderlands, skilled in basketry and farming About 18,000, Maipurean (Arawak) Tsáchila 🇪🇨 EcuadorIndigenous people of Ecuador known for their red achiote hair and healing traditions About 3,000, Barbacoan Pehuenche 🇨🇱 Chile and 1 moreAndean people known for harvesting monkey-puzzle tree seeds Aweti 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Xingu headwaters in Brazil, living in two villages About 192, Tupian WaujaWaujá 🇧🇷 BrazilArawakan-speaking people of the Upper Xingu River in Brazil About 540, Arawakan Tacana 🇧🇴 BoliviaAgricultural people of the Bolivian Amazon, known for their traditional ceremonies About 19,000 TrumaiHo kod ke 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers of the upper Xingu River in Brazil, known for the jawari ritual About 258, Language isolate Xukuru 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Pernambuco, Brazil, reclaiming their Ororubá homeland About 9,000 PayaguáEvueví 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 2 moreRiverine Guaycuru people of the Northern Chaco, now extinct Historical, Guaycuruan Uru-Eu-Wau-WauJupaú 🇧🇷 BrazilHunter-gatherers of Rondônia, Brazil, known for their mouth tattoos About 152, Tupi–Guarani Chachi 🇪🇨 EcuadorRainforest dwellers of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, known for basketwork and river life About 5,000, Barbacoan Marajoara 🇧🇷 BrazilAncient mound-building society of Marajó Island in the Amazon delta Historical Cubeo 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreIndigenous people of the Vaupés region in Colombia's northwest Amazon About 4,000, Tucanoan Aparai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreIndigenous Cariban-speaking people of northern Brazil and Guiana Shield About 564, Cariban Ka'apor 🇧🇷 BrazilForest guardians of Maranhão, Brazil, known for their use of sign language About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani SirionóMiá 🇧🇴 BoliviaForest-dwelling people of northern Bolivia, known for matrilineal families About 782, Tupí-Guaraní Chiripá 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 2 moreGuaraní-speaking indigenous people of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina About 43,000, Tupian MatisMatsë 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of western Brazil's Vale do Javari, known for hunting and body art About 457, Panoan Ikpeng 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Xingu Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil About 584, Cariban Mokaná 🇨🇴 ColombiaThe only indigenous community of Colombia's Atlántico Department About 7,000, Malibu (extinct) Potiguara 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Paraíba, Brazil, known as 'shrimp-eaters' About 18,000 Patamona 🇬🇾 Guyana and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Pakaraima Mountains in Guyana and northern Brazil About 6,000, Cariban Tagaeri 🇪🇨 EcuadorUncontacted eastern Waorani living in voluntary isolation in Ecuador's Amazon About 30 KoruboDslala 🇧🇷 BrazilPanoan-speaking people living in voluntary isolation in Brazil's Amazon About 127, Panoan Saraguro 🇪🇨 EcuadorKichwa-speaking Indigenous people of the southern Ecuadorian Andes About 30,000, Quechua MaxakaliTikmũ’ũn 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil, speaking Maxakalí About 2,000, Maxakalían SuyáKisêdjê 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Brazil's Upper Xingu, known for collective life and lip plates About 424, Jê Xakriabá 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Gê people of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a history of resistance About 9,000, Macro-Ge (formerly); now Portuguese (Indo-European) Matipu 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Cariban people of the Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil About 157, Cariban Mawé 🇧🇷 BrazilGuaraná cultivators of the Brazilian Amazon About 16,000, Tupian
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