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38 peoples found.

Pygmy peoples 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo and 7 moreShort-statured hunter-gatherer groups of the Congo Basin and Central Africa About 920,000 Yanomami 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreRainforest horticulturalists of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela About 35,000, Yanomaman KorowaiKolufo-yanop, Klufo-fyumanop 🇮🇩 IndonesiaTreehouse-dwelling horticulturalists of southeastern Papua, Indonesia About 4,000, Trans–New Guinea (Awyu–Dumut family) AsmatSuku Asmat 🇮🇩 IndonesiaWoodcarvers of the tidal swamps and rainforests of South Papua About 110,000, Trans–New Guinea KayapoMebêngôkre 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Brazil's Xingu River basin, known for activism and body art About 12,000, Jê Mentawaisuku Mentawai 🇮🇩 IndonesiaRainforest islanders of the Mentawai Islands, known for tattoos and Arat Sabulungan beliefs About 64,000, Austronesian MenomineeMamaceqtaw 🇺🇸 United StatesA Native nation rooted in Wisconsin, known for wild rice and forest stewardship About 9,000, Algonquian AsháninkaAshaninka 🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreIndigenous people of the central Amazonian rainforest of Peru and Brazil About 99,000, Arawakan Ayoreo 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 moreNomadic hunter-gatherers of the Gran Chaco, some still living in voluntary isolation About 6,000, Zamucoan Matsés 🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon between the Javari and Galvez rivers About 3,000, Panoan AwáAwa Guajá 🇧🇷 BrazilNomadic hunter-gatherers of the eastern Amazon rainforest in Brazil About 520, Tupi–Guarani Wichí 🇦🇷 Argentina and 2 moreIndigenous forest and river people of Argentina and Bolivia About 56,000, Matacoan Guajajara 🇧🇷 BrazilForest guardians of Maranhão in northeastern Brazil About 28,000, Tupi–Guarani WayampiWajãpi 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the border forests of Brazil and French Guiana About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani Kubusuku bangsa Kubu 🇮🇩 IndonesiaMobile forest peoples of southeast Sumatra, Indonesia About 200,000, Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian branch) Witoto 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreSwidden farmers and forest dwellers of the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon About 9,000, Witotoan languages Sápara 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon rainforest About 350 Yuracaré 🇧🇴 BoliviaForest-dwelling people of the Bolivian Amazon lowlands Language isolate Mbya Guaranimby’as 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 3 moreA branch of the Guarani living in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay About 34,000, Tupian Wai-waiWaiwai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreForest-dwelling Cariban people of southern Guyana and northern Brazil About 3,000, Cariban ChamacocoIshír 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Gran Chaco, with river and forest traditions About 2,000, Zamucoan KamayuráKamaiurá 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Upper Xingu, central Brazil About 604, Tupi–Guarani Bora 🇵🇪 Peru and 2 moreForest people of the Amazon between the Napo, Putumayo, and Caquetá rivers About 2,000, Bora–Witoto (proposed) CofánAʼi 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon, known for rainforest stewardship About 2,000 Guarayos 🇧🇴 BoliviaFarmers and forest dwellers of eastern Bolivia's lowlands About 12,000, Tupían Jakun 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreIndigenous people of southern Malaysia, known for their forest traditions About 32,000, Malayo-Polynesian Ka'apor 🇧🇷 BrazilForest guardians of Maranhão, Brazil, known for their use of sign language About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani KenyahSuku Dayak Kenyah 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreSwidden farmers and longhouse dwellers of Borneo's interior forests About 72,000, Austronesian Uru-Eu-Wau-WauJupaú 🇧🇷 BrazilHunter-gatherers of Rondônia, Brazil, known for their mouth tattoos About 152, Tupi–Guarani Punan Bah 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreSwidden farmers and river dwellers of Borneo's central forests About 5,000 Chachi 🇪🇨 EcuadorRainforest dwellers of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, known for basketwork and river life About 5,000, Barbacoan SirionóMiá 🇧🇴 BoliviaForest-dwelling people of northern Bolivia, known for matrilineal families About 782, Tupí-Guaraní Tapirapé 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Tupi–Guarani people of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil About 760, Tupi–Guarani Rikbaktsa 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Amazon rain forest in northwest Mato Grosso, Brazil About 2,000, Macro-Gê Marubo 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Vale do Javari in western Brazil About 2,000, Panoan PaiterSurui Paiter 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers and forest stewards of the Mato Grosso–Rondônia border in Brazil About 1,000, Tupi-Guarani Cinta Larga 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the western Amazon rainforest in Brazil About 2,000, Tupi Ngāi Tūhoe 🇳🇿 New Zealand and 1 moreMāori iwi of Te Urewera, eastern North Island, New Zealand About 35,000, Austronesian

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