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Fishing and the sea

Rivers, reefs, ice and open ocean. These are the peoples whose sources describe this way of living.

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 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 Kubusuku bangsa Kubu 🇮🇩 IndonesiaMobile forest peoples of southeast Sumatra, Indonesia About 200,000, Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian branch) Sápara 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon rainforest About 350 Noongar 🇦🇺 AustraliaAboriginal people of southwestern Western Australia with deep ties to land and tradition About 14,000, Pama–Nyungan QuechanKwatsáan 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of the lower Colorado River, Arizona and California About 4,000, Yuman MacushiMakuusi 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous people of the savannahs of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela About 43,000, Cariban Huni Kuin 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon along rivers in Brazil and Peru About 13,000, Panoan Witoto 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreSwidden farmers and forest dwellers of the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon About 9,000, Witotoan languages Achuar 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Pastaza and Huasaga rivers in Ecuador and Peru About 19,000, Jivaroan MehinakuMehinako 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Upper Xingu, Brazil About 286, 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 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) Ye'kuanaSoꞌto 🇻🇪 Venezuela and 1 moreCanoe makers of the Caura and Orinoco rivers in Venezuela and Brazil About 7,000, Cariban Tucanoye’pâ-masa 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreMultilingual Indigenous people of the Vaupés River in the northwest Amazon About 6,000, Tucanoan Mbya Guaranimby’as 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 3 moreA branch of the Guarani living in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay About 34,000, Tupian KalispelQl̓ispé 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of the Northwest Plateau, known for their camas-based traditions About 400, Salishan Vadoma 🇿🇼 ZimbabweHunter-gatherers of northern Zimbabwe known for inherited ectrodactyly About 22,000 MeeBunani Mee 🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndigenous people of the Paniai Lakes region in Central Papua, Indonesia About 316,000 Yuracaré 🇧🇴 BoliviaForest-dwelling people of the Bolivian Amazon lowlands Language isolate Tsimané 🇧🇴 BoliviaIndigenous farmers and foragers of Bolivia's Beni lowlands About 17,000, Language isolate CofánAʼi 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon, known for rainforest stewardship About 2,000 UmatillaImatalamłáma 🇺🇸 United StatesSahaptin-speaking people of the Columbia Plateau in the Pacific Northwest Sahaptin (Penutian family) ApiacáApiaká 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of northern Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil About 850, Tupi–Guarani Achomawi 🇺🇸 United StatesNine bands of the Pit River tribe in northeastern California About 2,000, Palaihnihan, possibly Hokan phylum Toba BatakBatak Toba 🇮🇩 IndonesiaLargest Batak group centered on Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Indonesia About 4 million, Austronesian 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 Washoewa·šiw 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of the Lake Tahoe region in California and Nevada About 2,000, Language isolate Ese EjjaEce'je 🇧🇴 Bolivia and 1 moreIndigenous people of the southwestern Amazon in Bolivia and Peru About 2,000, Tacanan KamayuráKamaiurá 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Upper Xingu, central Brazil About 604, Tupi–Guarani SumbawaTau Samawa 🇮🇩 IndonesiaRice farmers and herders of western and central Sumbawa Island, Indonesia About 477,000, Austronesian Pehuenche 🇨🇱 Chile and 1 moreAndean people known for harvesting monkey-puzzle tree seeds Pocomtuc 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreFarmers and fishers of the Connecticut River Valley in western Massachusetts Historical, Algonquian SikkaAta Sikka 🇮🇩 IndonesiaAustronesian-speaking people of east central Flores, Indonesia About 237,000, Austronesian (Bima–Sumba languages) Miccosukee 🇺🇸 United StatesHitchiti-speaking people of the Everglades, related to the Seminole About 640, Muskogean Quileutekʷòʔlí·yot̓ 🇺🇸 United StatesSalmon fishers of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington About 808, Chimakuan PenobscotPαnawάhpskewi 🇺🇸 United StatesWabanaki people of Maine, living along the Penobscot River About 2,000, Algonquian Kalapalo 🇧🇷 BrazilFishers and farmers of Brazil's Upper Xingu region About 669, Cariban Jakun 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreIndigenous people of southern Malaysia, known for their forest traditions About 32,000, Malayo-Polynesian KaiabiKawaiwete 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers and craftspeople of the Xingu Indigenous Park in Brazil About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani Adai 🇺🇸 United StatesA Southeastern Woodlands people of Louisiana and Texas, now merged with the Caddo Historical, Unclassified; possibly a language isolate 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 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
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Every Monday: seven peoples you may never have heard of, who they are and where they live.