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Settled farming

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

Xerente 🇧🇷 BrazilCentral Jê people of Tocantins, Brazil, with strong clan traditions About 4,000, Jê Tsimané 🇧🇴 BoliviaIndigenous farmers and foragers of Bolivia's Beni lowlands About 17,000, Language isolate Enawene NaweEnawenê-nawê 🇧🇷 BrazilGrowers and fishers of Mato Grosso, Brazil, who do not eat red meat About 737, Arawakan UmatillaImatalamłáma 🇺🇸 United StatesSahaptin-speaking people of the Columbia Plateau in the Pacific Northwest Sahaptin (Penutian family) Ese EjjaEce'je 🇧🇴 Bolivia and 1 moreIndigenous people of the southwestern Amazon in Bolivia and Peru About 2,000, Tacanan Piegan BlackfeetPiikáni 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLargest group of the Blackfeet Confederacy in Montana and Alberta About 105,000, Algonquian ChamacocoIshír 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Gran Chaco, with river and forest traditions About 2,000, Zamucoan Tiriyótarëno 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous Cariban-speaking people of northern Brazil, Suriname, and Guyana About 4,000, Cariban Bora 🇵🇪 Peru and 2 moreForest people of the Amazon between the Napo, Putumayo, and Caquetá rivers About 2,000, Bora–Witoto (proposed) ApiacáApiaká 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of northern Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil About 850, Tupi–Guarani Toba BatakBatak Toba 🇮🇩 IndonesiaLargest Batak group centered on Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Indonesia About 4 million, Austronesian MuraBuxwaray 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the central and eastern Amazon in Brazil About 18,000 Banu Bakr 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 4 moreA historic Arab tribal confederation from central and northern Arabia Semitic Banu Hanifa 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 2 moreSedentary Arab tribe of central Arabia, founders of early Riyadh Semitic KamayuráKamaiurá 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Upper Xingu, central Brazil About 604, Tupi–Guarani SihasapaSihásapa 🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota division living on the Great Plains, now at Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Siouan CofánAʼi 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon, known for rainforest stewardship About 2,000 TesuqueTeˀtsʼúgéh Ówîngeh 🇺🇸 United StatesA Tewa-speaking Pueblo community near Santa Fe, New Mexico About 800, Tanoan BidayuhSuku Dayak Bidayuh 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreIndigenous people of southern Sarawak and northern West Kalimantan, Borneo About 288,000, Austronesian Wai-waiWaiwai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreForest-dwelling Cariban people of southern Guyana and northern Brazil About 3,000, Cariban Pataxó 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Bahia, Brazil, reviving their language and culture About 12,000 KaroSuku Batak Karo 🇮🇩 IndonesiaHighland farming people of North Sumatra with strong clan traditions About 1.2 million, Austronesian Mojeño 🇧🇴 BoliviaIndigenous people of Bolivia's Llanos de Mojos and Mamoré River region About 42,000, Arawakan Abd al-Qaysعبد القيس 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 7 moreAn ancient Arab tribe from Eastern Arabia, now found across the Gulf region Semitic Rabi'a 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 4 moreA major branch of the ancient North Arabian tribes Historical WapishanaWapichana 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous Arawakan people of northern Brazil and southern Guyana About 16,000, Arawakan Cook Islands Māori 🇳🇿 New Zealand and 1 moreIndigenous Polynesian people of the Cook Islands, now mostly living in New Zealand and Australia About 110,000, Austronesian, Eastern Polynesian Cherokee NationᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ (Tsalagihi Ayeli) 🇺🇸 United StatesLargest federally recognized Cherokee tribe in the United States, based in Oklahoma About 466,000 Adai 🇺🇸 United StatesA Southeastern Woodlands people of Louisiana and Texas, now merged with the Caddo Historical, Unclassified; possibly a language isolate Pocomtuc 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreFarmers and fishers of the Connecticut River Valley in western Massachusetts Historical, Algonquian Lugbara 🇺🇬 Uganda and 2 moreFarmers and herders of Uganda and the Congo, known for guineafowl and rich traditions About 2.1 million, Central Sudanic Tsáchila 🇪🇨 EcuadorIndigenous people of Ecuador known for their red achiote hair and healing traditions About 3,000, Barbacoan SikkaAta Sikka 🇮🇩 IndonesiaAustronesian-speaking people of east central Flores, Indonesia About 237,000, Austronesian (Bima–Sumba languages) SumbawaTau Samawa 🇮🇩 IndonesiaRice farmers and herders of western and central Sumbawa Island, Indonesia About 477,000, Austronesian BaniwaWalimanai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon borderlands, skilled in basketry and farming About 18,000, Maipurean (Arawak) Jakun 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreIndigenous people of southern Malaysia, known for their forest traditions About 32,000, Malayo-Polynesian Aweti 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Xingu headwaters in Brazil, living in two villages About 192, Tupian ChiquitanoMonkóx 🇧🇴 Bolivia and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Chiquitania savanna in eastern Bolivia and Brazil About 89,000, possibly Macro-Jê Shammar 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 4 moreA large Arab tribal confederation rooted in northern Arabia and Iraq About 1.5 million, Semitic Kalapalo 🇧🇷 BrazilFishers and farmers of Brazil's Upper Xingu region About 669, Cariban Palikur 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreArawak-speaking riverine people of Amapá and French Guiana About 2,000, Arawakan KaiabiKawaiwete 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers and craftspeople of the Xingu Indigenous Park in Brazil About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani LaniSuku Timorini 🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndigenous people of Central and Highland Papua, known for their koteka traditions About 200,000 Guarayos 🇧🇴 BoliviaFarmers and forest dwellers of eastern Bolivia's lowlands About 12,000, Tupían NgadaAta Ngada 🇮🇩 IndonesiaMatrilineal farming people of central Flores Island, Indonesia About 290,000, Austronesian TrumaiHo kod ke 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers of the upper Xingu River in Brazil, known for the jawari ritual About 258, Language isolate MandailingBatak Mandailing 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 moreA Muslim Batak group from North Sumatra and West Sumatra, Indonesia About 1 million Tacana 🇧🇴 BoliviaAgricultural people of the Bolivian Amazon, known for their traditional ceremonies About 19,000
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