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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.

BaniwaWalimanai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon borderlands, skilled in basketry and farming About 18,000, Maipurean (Arawak) Aweti 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Xingu headwaters in Brazil, living in two villages About 192, Tupian Beni Hassan 🇲🇷 Mauritania and 3 moreBedouin Arab tribe of Western Sahara, Mauritania, Morocco, and Algeria Arabic RejangTun Hejang / Tun Jang 🇮🇩 IndonesiaLargest indigenous group of Bengkulu, Sumatra, with Austronesian roots About 1.3 million, Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) Bani Utbahبَنِيّ عُتبَة 🇧🇭 Bahrain and 5 moreArab tribal confederation with roots in Eastern Arabia and Najd Semitic Punan Bah 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreSwidden farmers and river dwellers of Borneo's central forests About 5,000 Shinnecock 🇺🇸 United StatesAlgonquian-speaking nation on Long Island, New York, known for wampum and whaling About 1,000, Algonquian Belegezites 🇬🇷 GreeceA South Slavic tribe of early medieval Thessaly, known for trade and local alliances Historical Chachi 🇪🇨 EcuadorRainforest dwellers of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, known for basketwork and river life About 5,000, Barbacoan Pamunkey 🇺🇸 United StatesA Native nation on the Pamunkey River, Virginia, with a centuries-old reservation About 430 Duwamishdxʷdəwʔabš 🇺🇸 United StatesLushootseed-speaking Coast Salish of the Seattle region About 600, Coast Salish WaujaWaujá 🇧🇷 BrazilArawakan-speaking people of the Upper Xingu River in Brazil About 540, Arawakan Two KettlesOóhenuŋpa 🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota subtribe living on the Cheyenne River Reservation About 800, Siouan Marajoara 🇧🇷 BrazilAncient mound-building society of Marajó Island in the Amazon delta Historical Urak Lawoiʼ 🇹🇭 ThailandAustronesian island people of southern Thailand, known for their seafaring traditions About 6,000, Austronesian Tacana 🇧🇴 BoliviaAgricultural people of the Bolivian Amazon, known for their traditional ceremonies About 19,000 PayaguáEvueví 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 2 moreRiverine Guaycuru people of the Northern Chaco, now extinct Historical, Guaycuruan St. Lawrence Iroquoians 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreIroquoian farmers and fishers of the St. Lawrence River valley, vanished by 1600 Historical, Iroquoian Bajo 🇵🇭 Philippines and 3 moreSeafaring Austronesian people of Maritime Southeast Asia About 1.3 million, Austronesian Sangirsuku Sangir 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 moreFishing and farming people of the Sangihe Islands and southern Mindanao About 600,000, Austronesian RoteneseSuku Rote 🇮🇩 IndonesiaNative people of Rote Island and West Timor, known for weaving and farming About 239,000, Austronesian SirionóMiá 🇧🇴 BoliviaForest-dwelling people of northern Bolivia, known for matrilineal families About 782, Tupí-Guaraní Patwin 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern Wintun people of California's Sacramento Valley About 3,000, Penutian Inari Sámianarâšah 🇫🇮 FinlandIndigenous Sámi of the Lake Inari region in northern Finland About 900, Sámi (Uralic) MatisMatsë 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of western Brazil's Vale do Javari, known for hunting and body art About 457, Panoan BauziSuku Bauzi 🇮🇩 IndonesiaCrocodile-hunting people of the Mamberamo River in Papua, Indonesia About 2,000 Ais 🇺🇸 United StatesCoastal hunter-gatherers of eastern Florida, known for their chiefdom and river settlements Historical Patamona 🇬🇾 Guyana and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Pakaraima Mountains in Guyana and northern Brazil About 6,000, Cariban Ikpeng 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Xingu Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil About 584, Cariban Wurundjeri 🇦🇺 AustraliaTraditional owners of the Yarra River Valley around Melbourne About 400, Eastern Kulin TarianaTaliaseri 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Uaupés River in Brazil and Colombia About 3,000, Arawakan Yudjá 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Xingu River region in Brazil About 880, Yurúna (Tupian languages) EngganoE Lopeh 🇮🇩 IndonesiaMatrilineal islanders of Enggano off southwest Sumatra About 2,000, Austronesian (classification debated) ZiaTsʾíiyʾamʾé 🇺🇸 United StatesPueblo people of New Mexico known for their sun symbol and pottery About 850, Keresan Rikbaktsa 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Amazon rain forest in northwest Mato Grosso, Brazil About 2,000, Macro-Gê Tulalip Tribesdxʷlilap 🇺🇸 United StatesCoast Salish peoples of the Tulalip Reservation in Washington State About 3,000, Central Salish Karitiana 🇧🇷 BrazilSmall Indigenous group living in the western Amazon of Brazil About 333, Arikém ParintintinKagwahiva’nga 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Kagwahiva people of the Madeira River basin in Brazil About 480, Tupi–Guarani MachinereManchineri 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous Arawakan people of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru About 1,000, Arawakan Squaxin Island Tribe 🇺🇸 United StatesDescendants of South Puget Sound Coast Salish, based in western Washington About 1,000, Salishan Tapirapé 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Tupi–Guarani people of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil About 760, Tupi–Guarani Matipu 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Cariban people of the Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil About 157, Cariban MaxakaliTikmũ’ũn 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil, speaking Maxakalí About 2,000, Maxakalían OfayéOfaié 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of central Brazil, now living in Mato Grosso do Sul About 69, Macro-Jê Kambeba 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon River in Brazil and Peru About 4,000, Tupi–Guarani Suquamishsuq̓ʷabš 🇺🇸 United StatesA Coast Salish tribe on the Kitsap Peninsula, Washington About 1,000, Salishan SuyáKisêdjê 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Brazil's Upper Xingu, known for collective life and lip plates About 424, Jê Quinaultkʷínayɬ 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthwestern Coast Salish people of Washington's Pacific coast About 1,000
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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.