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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.

Bali Agawong Bali Aga 🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndigenous highland communities of Bali with distinct traditions and language About 63,000, Austronesian Yawalapiti 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Arawakan-speaking people of Brazil's Upper Xingu region About 309, Arawakan Western ApacheNdee (Indé) 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreApache peoples of east-central Arizona, living on several reservations About 14,000, Southern Athabaskan GogoWagogo 🇹🇿 TanzaniaBantu farmers and herders of Tanzania's Dodoma Region About 1.3 million, Bantu MehinakuMehinako 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Upper Xingu, Brazil About 286, Arawakan Tucanoye’pâ-masa 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreMultilingual Indigenous people of the Vaupés River in the northwest Amazon About 6,000, Tucanoan Yuracaré 🇧🇴 BoliviaForest-dwelling people of the Bolivian Amazon lowlands Language isolate Vadoma 🇿🇼 ZimbabweHunter-gatherers of northern Zimbabwe known for inherited ectrodactyly About 22,000 TonkawaTickanwa•tic 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of Oklahoma and Texas, now based in Kay County, Oklahoma About 700, Language isolate KalispelQl̓ispé 🇺🇸 United StatesIndigenous people of the Northwest Plateau, known for their camas-based traditions About 400, Salishan Tsimané 🇧🇴 BoliviaIndigenous farmers and foragers of Bolivia's Beni lowlands About 17,000, Language isolate Mbya Guaranimby’as 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 3 moreA branch of the Guarani living in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay About 34,000, Tupian ApiacáApiaká 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of northern Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil About 850, Tupi–Guarani Ese EjjaEce'je 🇧🇴 Bolivia and 1 moreIndigenous people of the southwestern Amazon in Bolivia and Peru About 2,000, Tacanan Bora 🇵🇪 Peru and 2 moreForest people of the Amazon between the Napo, Putumayo, and Caquetá rivers About 2,000, Bora–Witoto (proposed) ChamacocoIshír 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Gran Chaco, with river and forest traditions About 2,000, Zamucoan SihasapaSihásapa 🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota division living on the Great Plains, now at Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Siouan Washoewa·šiw 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of the Lake Tahoe region in California and Nevada About 2,000, Language isolate UmatillaImatalamłáma 🇺🇸 United StatesSahaptin-speaking people of the Columbia Plateau in the Pacific Northwest Sahaptin (Penutian family) Achomawi 🇺🇸 United StatesNine bands of the Pit River tribe in northeastern California About 2,000, Palaihnihan, possibly Hokan phylum Piegan BlackfeetPiikáni 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLargest group of the Blackfeet Confederacy in Montana and Alberta About 105,000, Algonquian KamayuráKamaiurá 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Upper Xingu, central Brazil About 604, Tupi–Guarani Wai-waiWaiwai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreForest-dwelling Cariban people of southern Guyana and northern Brazil About 3,000, Cariban CofánAʼi 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon, known for rainforest stewardship About 2,000 Enawene NaweEnawenê-nawê 🇧🇷 BrazilGrowers and fishers of Mato Grosso, Brazil, who do not eat red meat About 737, Arawakan KaiabiKawaiwete 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers and craftspeople of the Xingu Indigenous Park in Brazil About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani Guarayos 🇧🇴 BoliviaFarmers and forest dwellers of eastern Bolivia's lowlands About 12,000, Tupían Adai 🇺🇸 United StatesA Southeastern Woodlands people of Louisiana and Texas, now merged with the Caddo Historical, Unclassified; possibly a language isolate PenobscotPαnawάhpskewi 🇺🇸 United StatesWabanaki people of Maine, living along the Penobscot River About 2,000, Algonquian ChemehueviNüwüvi 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthernmost branch of the Southern Paiute in the Great Basin deserts About 1,000, Uto-Aztecan (Numic branch) Quileutekʷòʔlí·yot̓ 🇺🇸 United StatesSalmon fishers of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington About 808, Chimakuan Mojeño 🇧🇴 BoliviaIndigenous people of Bolivia's Llanos de Mojos and Mamoré River region About 42,000, Arawakan Miccosukee 🇺🇸 United StatesHitchiti-speaking people of the Everglades, related to the Seminole About 640, Muskogean Aweti 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Xingu headwaters in Brazil, living in two villages About 192, Tupian Jakun 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreIndigenous people of southern Malaysia, known for their forest traditions About 32,000, Malayo-Polynesian 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 PayaguáEvueví 🇵🇾 Paraguay and 2 moreRiverine Guaycuru people of the Northern Chaco, now extinct Historical, Guaycuruan Punan Bah 🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreSwidden farmers and river dwellers of Borneo's central forests About 5,000 RejangTun Hejang / Tun Jang 🇮🇩 IndonesiaLargest indigenous group of Bengkulu, Sumatra, with Austronesian roots About 1.3 million, Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) Ka'apor 🇧🇷 BrazilForest guardians of Maranhão, Brazil, known for their use of sign language About 2,000, Tupi–Guarani Two KettlesOóhenuŋpa 🇺🇸 United StatesA Lakota subtribe living on the Cheyenne River Reservation About 800, Siouan Kirata 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMountain peoples of the Himalayas and Northeast India in ancient texts Historical, Sino-Tibetan Tacana 🇧🇴 BoliviaAgricultural people of the Bolivian Amazon, known for their traditional ceremonies About 19,000 Aparai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreIndigenous Cariban-speaking people of northern Brazil and Guiana Shield About 564, Cariban Basmyl 🇨🇳 China and 4 moreA Turkic nomadic tribe of Dzungaria, active in 7th–8th century Central Asia Historical, Turkic Uru-Eu-Wau-WauJupaú 🇧🇷 BrazilHunter-gatherers of Rondônia, Brazil, known for their mouth tattoos About 152, Tupi–Guarani Duwamishdxʷdəwʔabš 🇺🇸 United StatesLushootseed-speaking Coast Salish of the Seattle region About 600, Coast Salish
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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.