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Kabila

Hunting and gathering

Living from wild plants, game, honey and fish. These are the peoples whose sources describe this way of living.

Jicarilla ApacheJicarilla Dindéi 🇺🇸 United StatesSeminomadic Apache people of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado About 3,000, Southern Athabaskan Narragansett 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of Rhode Island, known for their ties to Narragansett Bay About 3,000, Algonquian CaddoHasí꞉nay 🇺🇸 United StatesDescendants of mound builders from the Piney Woods of the southern United States About 6,000, Caddoan Oglala LakotaOglála Lakhóta Oyáte 🇺🇸 United StatesLakota people living mainly on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota About 47,000, Siouan WaoraniWao 🇪🇨 EcuadorIndigenous people of Ecuador's Amazon, some living in voluntary isolation About 4,000, Language isolate Mentawaisuku Mentawai 🇮🇩 IndonesiaRainforest islanders of the Mentawai Islands, known for tattoos and Arat Sabulungan beliefs About 64,000, Austronesian TobaQom 🇦🇷 Argentina and 2 moreA major Indigenous people of the Gran Chaco, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia About 129,000, Guaicuruan PirahãHíaitíihi 🇧🇷 BrazilHunter-gatherers of the Maici River in the Brazilian Amazon About 900, Mura MenomineeMamaceqtaw 🇺🇸 United StatesA Native nation rooted in Wisconsin, known for wild rice and forest stewardship About 9,000, Algonquian Orang Lautsuku Laut 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreSeafaring communities of the Riau Islands, Singapore, and the Malay Peninsula About 420,000, Malayic KawKaáⁿze 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of Kansas and Oklahoma, known as the "People of the South Wind" About 4,000, Siouan-Catawban QuapawOgáxpa 🇺🇸 United StatesDhegiha Siouan people from the lower Mississippi and Arkansas River region About 6,000, Dhegiha Siouan IowaBáxoje 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of the Midwest, now in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma About 3,000, Siouan-Catawban HunkpapaHúŋkpapȟa 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreA Lakota division known for their role at Little Bighorn and life at Standing Rock About 571, Siouan Zo'éZo'és 🇧🇷 BrazilSemi-nomadic Tupi–Guarani people of Pará, Brazil About 315, Tupi–Guarani PassamaquoddyPeskotomuhkati 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreNative people of Maine and New Brunswick, known for fishing and the Wabanaki Confederacy About 4,000, Algonquian Ayoreo 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 moreNomadic hunter-gatherers of the Gran Chaco, some still living in voluntary isolation About 6,000, Zamucoan AsháninkaAshaninka 🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreIndigenous people of the central Amazonian rainforest of Peru and Brazil About 99,000, Arawakan Meshwesh 🇪🇬 Egypt and 1 moreAncient Libyan tribe that once ruled parts of Egypt Historical Tohono O'odham 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDesert-dwelling people of the Sonoran region in Arizona and Sonora About 30,000 Kalina 🇻🇪 Venezuela and 5 moreIndigenous people of the northern coast of South America About 45,000, Cariban Iteso 🇺🇬 Uganda and 2 moreNilotic farmers and herders of eastern Uganda and western Kenya About 2.8 million, Nilotic Wayana 🇬🇫 French Guiana and 3 moreCarib-speaking people of the Guiana highlands in Brazil, Suriname, and French Guiana About 2,000, Cariban SkoltsSäʹmmla / Nuõrttsääʹm 🇫🇮 Finland and 2 moreIndigenous Sámi of the borderlands of Finland, Russia, and Norway About 1,000, Uralic Pomo 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of northern California, known for basketry and diverse languages About 10,000, Pomoan (Kulanapan) YaliYali Inap 🇮🇩 IndonesiaHighland Papua people known for shifting cultivation and clan-based society About 49,000, Trans–New Guinea (Ngalik-Nduga and Mek subgroups) AtakapaIshak 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous bands of the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas Historical, Language isolate Matsés 🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon between the Javari and Galvez rivers About 3,000, Panoan Guajajara 🇧🇷 BrazilForest guardians of Maranhão in northeastern Brazil About 28,000, Tupi–Guarani WayampiWajãpi 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the border forests of Brazil and French Guiana About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani CatawbaYe Iswąˀ 🇺🇸 United StatesRiver people of the Carolina Piedmont, known for pottery and resilience About 3,000, Catawban Ngäbe 🇵🇦 Panama and 1 moreIndigenous people of western Panama and southern Costa Rica About 270,000, Chibchan Yavapai 🇺🇸 United StatesHunter-gatherers of central Arizona with four distinct bands About 2,000, Yuman (Upland Yuman branch), possibly Hokan Nambikwara 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of Mato Grosso, Brazil, living along the Guaporé and Juruena rivers About 2,000, Nambikwaran Chitimacha 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin with a federally recognized reservation About 1,000, Language isolate (Chitimacha); others: Indo-European, Romanc Wichí 🇦🇷 Argentina and 2 moreIndigenous forest and river people of Argentina and Bolivia About 56,000, Matacoan HavasupaiHavsuwʼ Baaja 🇺🇸 United StatesDescendants of the Grand Canyon, known for their blue-green waters and resilience About 730, Yuman AwáAwa Guajá 🇧🇷 BrazilNomadic hunter-gatherers of the eastern Amazon rainforest in Brazil About 520, Tupi–Guarani Siraya 🇹🇼 TaiwanPlains indigenous people of southwest Taiwan, known for unique family customs Austronesian HualapaiHwalbáy 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of northern Arizona, known as the 'people of the tall pines' About 2,000, Yuman–Cochimí MacushiMakuusi 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous people of the savannahs of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela About 43,000, Cariban Sápara 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon rainforest About 350 Kubusuku bangsa Kubu 🇮🇩 IndonesiaMobile forest peoples of southeast Sumatra, Indonesia About 200,000, Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian branch) Noongar 🇦🇺 AustraliaAboriginal people of southwestern Western Australia with deep ties to land and tradition About 14,000, Pama–Nyungan Witoto 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreSwidden farmers and forest dwellers of the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon About 9,000, Witotoan languages Huni Kuin 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon along rivers in Brazil and Peru About 13,000, Panoan Achuar 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Pastaza and Huasaga rivers in Ecuador and Peru About 19,000, Jivaroan CocopahXawiƚƚ kwñchawaay 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreIndigenous people of the lower Colorado River in Arizona and Baja California About 1,000, Yuman
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Every Monday: seven peoples you may never have heard of, who they are and where they live.