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Kabila

Settled farming

Fields, terraces, orchards and paddies worked year after year. These are the peoples whose sources describe this way of living.

GorontaloTawu Lo Hulontalo 🇮🇩 IndonesiaThe largest ethnic group of northern Sulawesi, known for kinship and Islamic traditions About 1.3 million, Austronesian Banu Makhzum 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 3 moreA leading Quraysh clan of Mecca, powerful before and during early Islam Historical AlasUkhang Alas 🇮🇩 IndonesiaRice-farming Batak people of the Alas valley in Aceh, Sumatra About 98,000, Austronesian Guajajara 🇧🇷 BrazilForest guardians of Maranhão in northeastern Brazil About 28,000, Tupi–Guarani Ngäbe 🇵🇦 Panama and 1 moreIndigenous people of western Panama and southern Costa Rica About 270,000, Chibchan WayampiWajãpi 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the border forests of Brazil and French Guiana About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani Nambikwara 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Mato Grosso, Brazil, living along the Guaporé and Juruena rivers About 2,000, Nambikwaran TicunaMagüta 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreThe most numerous Indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon About 75,000, Language isolate Chitimacha 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin with a federally recognized reservation About 1,000, Language isolate (Chitimacha); others: Indo-European, Romanc CatawbaYe Iswąˀ 🇺🇸 United StatesRiver people of the Carolina Piedmont, known for pottery and resilience About 3,000, Catawban HavasupaiHavsuwʼ Baaja 🇺🇸 United StatesDescendants of the Grand Canyon, known for their blue-green waters and resilience About 730, Yuman Chorni Klobuky 🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 moreTurkic tribes who settled on the southern frontier of Kievan Rus' Historical Siraya 🇹🇼 TaiwanPlains indigenous people of southwest Taiwan, known for unique family customs Austronesian Bribri 🇨🇷 Costa Rica and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Talamanca region in Costa Rica and Panama About 12,000 Yavapai 🇺🇸 United StatesHunter-gatherers of central Arizona with four distinct bands About 2,000, Yuman (Upland Yuman branch), possibly Hokan Banu Sulaym 🇱🇾 Libya and 5 moreArab tribal confederation with roots in the Hejaz, now prominent in Cyrenaica, Libya Semitic HualapaiHwalbáy 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of northern Arizona, known as the 'people of the tall pines' About 2,000, Yuman–Cochimí Achuar 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Pastaza and Huasaga rivers in Ecuador and Peru About 19,000, Jivaroan Nyishi 🇮🇳 IndiaThe largest tribal group of Arunachal Pradesh, India About 250,000, Tani MacushiMakuusi 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous people of the savannahs of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela About 43,000, Cariban Kubusuku bangsa Kubu 🇮🇩 IndonesiaMobile forest peoples of southeast Sumatra, Indonesia About 200,000, Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian branch) QuechanKwatsáan 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of the lower Colorado River, Arizona and California About 4,000, Yuman Qays 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 7 moreA major Arab tribal confederation of northern Arabia and the early Islamic world Historical, Semitic Terena 🇧🇷 BrazilAgricultural Indigenous people of Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul region About 26,000, Arawakan Yawalapiti 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Arawakan-speaking people of Brazil's Upper Xingu region About 309, Arawakan Kuikuro 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Upper Xingu River in Brazil About 653, Cariban SumbaTau Humba 🇮🇩 IndonesiaAustronesian people of Sumba Island, Indonesia, known for Marapu beliefs and megalithic tombs About 659,000, Austronesian Kutama 🇩🇿 Algeria and 2 moreA Berber tribe from northern Algeria, key to the rise of the Fatimid Caliphate Historical CocopahXawiƚƚ kwñchawaay 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreIndigenous people of the lower Colorado River in Arizona and Baja California About 1,000, Yuman Nambé PuebloNa̧nbeˀ Ówîngeh 🇺🇸 United StatesA Tewa-speaking Pueblo community in northern New Mexico About 568, Kiowa-Tanoan Daesitiates 🇧🇦 Bosnia and HerzegovinaAn Illyrian tribe of central Bosnia, known for their role in the Great Illyrian revolt Historical DeceangliTegeingl 🇬🇧 United KingdomCeltic tribe of ancient Britain near the Clwydian Range Historical Bali Agawong Bali Aga 🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndigenous highland communities of Bali with distinct traditions and language About 63,000, Austronesian Western ApacheNdee (Indé) 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreApache peoples of east-central Arizona, living on several reservations About 14,000, Southern Athabaskan SicanguSičhą́ǧu Oyáte 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern Lakota nation centered on the Rosebud and Lower Brule Reservations Siouan GogoWagogo 🇹🇿 TanzaniaBantu farmers and herders of Tanzania's Dodoma Region About 1.3 million, Bantu LampungJamma Lampung (Lampung Api), Ulun Lappung (Lampung Nyo) 🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndigenous people of southern Sumatra with coastal and interior clans About 2.5 million, Lampungic (Malayo-Polynesian branch) MehinakuMehinako 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Upper Xingu, Brazil About 286, Arawakan Bhumij 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreA Munda-speaking tribal group of eastern India and Bangladesh About 1 million, Austroasiatic MaricopaPiipaash 🇺🇸 United StatesRiver Yuman people of Arizona, known for pottery and farming About 805, Yuman Mbya Guaranimby’as 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 3 moreA branch of the Guarani living in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay About 34,000, Tupian MeeBunani Mee 🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndigenous people of the Paniai Lakes region in Central Papua, Indonesia About 316,000 Ye'kuanaSoꞌto 🇻🇪 Venezuela and 1 moreCanoe makers of the Caura and Orinoco rivers in Venezuela and Brazil About 7,000, Cariban Banu Kalb 🇸🇾 Syria and 7 moreA major Arab tribe of the Syrian desert and steppe, 5th–12th centuries CE Historical, Semitic PetunTionontati 🇨🇦 CanadaIroquoian confederacy of Ontario, known for their villages south of Georgian Bay Historical, Iroquoian ManggaraiAta Manggarai 🇮🇩 IndonesiaNative people of western Flores, Indonesia, known for caci whip-fighting and ritual ceremonies About 738,000 Anizah 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 8 moreA large Arab tribe spread across Arabia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia Semitic Bariq 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 2 moreA large tribe from Bareq in southwest Saudi Arabia, descended from Al-Azd. About 100,000, Semitic
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