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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.

Kambeba 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon River in Brazil and Peru About 4,000, Tupi–Guarani SuyáKisêdjê 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Brazil's Upper Xingu, known for collective life and lip plates About 424, Jê Karitiana 🇧🇷 BrazilSmall Indigenous group living in the western Amazon of Brazil About 333, Arikém MachinereManchineri 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous Arawakan people of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru About 1,000, Arawakan Tunica-BiloxiYoroniku-Halayihku 🇺🇸 United StatesA federally recognized tribe in central Louisiana, descended from Tunica, Biloxi and others About 951 PaiterSurui Paiter 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers and forest stewards of the Mato Grosso–Rondônia border in Brazil About 1,000, Tupi-Guarani Amanayé 🇧🇷 BrazilTupi-Guarani people of Pará, Brazil, known for shifting agriculture and resilience About 178, Tupi–Guarani Kotiria 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Vaupés River in Brazil and Colombia About 4,000, Tucanoan Marubo 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Vale do Javari in western Brazil About 2,000, Panoan Ngāi Tahu 🇳🇿 New ZealandThe principal Māori iwi of New Zealand's South Island About 85,000, Austronesian Eastern Shoshone 🇺🇸 United StatesShoshone people of Wyoming and the northeast Great Basin, now at Wind River Reservation Uto-Aztecan Sinagua 🇺🇸 United StatesAncient farmers and foragers of central Arizona's highlands and valleys Historical Hoti 🇦🇱 Albania and 1 moreA historic Albanian tribe of the Malësia region, now in Albania and Montenegro Indo-European KrasniqiKrasniqë 🇦🇱 Albania and 2 moreA historical Albanian tribe from the Accursed Mountains and Gjakova highlands Indo-European Ngāpuhi 🇳🇿 New ZealandLargest Māori iwi of New Zealand's Northland region About 184,000, Austronesian Senhaja de SrairIṣenhajen n Srayer 🇲🇦 MoroccoBerber tribal confederation of the central Rif mountains in northern Morocco About 151,000, Afro-Asiatic, Berber (Atlas branch) Blackfeet NationAamsskáápipikani / ǎmssk̇ǎaṗiiṗiik̇ǔni, Pikuni / ṗiik̇ǔni 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreA Plains tribe based on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana About 17,000, Algonquian Yankton SiouxDakota Ihanktonwan Oyate 🇺🇸 United StatesDakota people of southeastern South Dakota, protectors of the Pipestone Quarry About 12,000, Siouan Ak-Chin Indian CommunityʼAkĭ Ciñ Oʼodham 🇺🇸 United StatesA federally recognized Oʼodham community in the Santa Cruz Valley, Arizona About 1,000, Uto-Aztecan (Piman group) Abda 🇲🇦 MoroccoArab tribal confederation of western Morocco, descended from Banu Ma'qil Semitic Sandia PuebloTuf Shur Tia 🇺🇸 United StatesTiwa-speaking Pueblo community at the foot of the Sandia Mountains, New Mexico About 427, Tanoan Ait TouzineAyt Tuzin 🇲🇦 Morocco and 2 moreA major Riffian tribe of the central Rif mountains in Morocco Ngāti Toa 🇳🇿 New ZealandA Māori iwi based around Porirua and the northern South Island of New Zealand About 10,000, Austronesian Tainui 🇳🇿 New ZealandA Māori tribal confederation of the central North Island, New Zealand Austronesian Ngāti Mutunga 🇳🇿 New ZealandMāori iwi from north Taranaki and the Chatham Islands About 2,000, Austronesian Chaambaالشعانبة 🇩🇿 AlgeriaBedouin Arab tribe of the central Algerian Sahara, now settled in desert oases About 20,000, Afro-Asiatic Ngāti Awa 🇳🇿 New ZealandA Māori iwi of the eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand About 15,000, Austronesian Tsembaga Maring 🇵🇬 Papua New GuineaHorticulturalists of the New Guinea highlands known for ritual pig feasts Daghaghra 🇹🇳 TunisiaA Bedouin tribe of the Tataouine region in southern Tunisia Berber (Afro-Asiatic), Semitic (Afro-Asiatic) Ngāi Tūhoe 🇳🇿 New Zealand and 1 moreMāori iwi of Te Urewera, eastern North Island, New Zealand About 35,000, Austronesian Te Āti Awa 🇳🇿 New ZealandA Māori iwi rooted in Taranaki and Wellington, New Zealand About 17,000, Austronesian Ngāi Te Rangi 🇳🇿 New ZealandA Māori iwi of Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand About 13,000, Austronesian Drobnjaci 🇲🇪 Montenegro and 7 moreA Serb tribal community from Old Herzegovina, now in Montenegro About 15,000, Slavic Vediantii 🇫🇷 France and 1 moreCelto-Ligurian tribe of the Mediterranean coast near present-day Nice Historical Dushmani 🇦🇱 AlbaniaA former tribal group from northern Albania, known for their strict customary law Historical, Indo-European Fani 🇦🇱 Albania and 1 moreA Catholic Albanian tribe from the Mirdita region About 3,000 Viturii 🇮🇹 ItalyAn Iron Age Ligurian tribe of the upper Polcevera valley near Genoa Historical
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Seven peoples, once a week

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