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Hunting and gathering

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

NgadaAta Ngada 🇮🇩 IndonesiaMatrilineal farming people of central Flores Island, Indonesia About 290,000, Austronesian AmungmeSuku Amungme 🇮🇩 IndonesiaHighland people of Central Papua, closely tied to their sacred mountains About 19,000 St. Lawrence Iroquoians 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreIroquoian farmers and fishers of the St. Lawrence River valley, vanished by 1600 Historical, Iroquoian BauziSuku Bauzi 🇮🇩 IndonesiaCrocodile-hunting people of the Mamberamo River in Papua, Indonesia About 2,000 Inari Sámianarâšah 🇫🇮 FinlandIndigenous Sámi of the Lake Inari region in northern Finland About 900, Sámi (Uralic) Patwin 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern Wintun people of California's Sacramento Valley About 3,000, Penutian Ais 🇺🇸 United StatesCoastal hunter-gatherers of eastern Florida, known for their chiefdom and river settlements Historical SirionóMiá 🇧🇴 BoliviaForest-dwelling people of northern Bolivia, known for matrilineal families About 782, Tupí-Guaraní Tagaeri 🇪🇨 EcuadorUncontacted eastern Waorani living in voluntary isolation in Ecuador's Amazon About 30 Ikpeng 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Xingu Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil About 584, Cariban MatisMatsë 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of western Brazil's Vale do Javari, known for hunting and body art About 457, Panoan KoruboDslala 🇧🇷 BrazilPanoan-speaking people living in voluntary isolation in Brazil's Amazon About 127, Panoan Patamona 🇬🇾 Guyana and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Pakaraima Mountains in Guyana and northern Brazil About 6,000, Cariban Bajo 🇵🇭 Philippines and 3 moreSeafaring Austronesian people of Maritime Southeast Asia About 1.3 million, Austronesian Wurundjeri 🇦🇺 AustraliaTraditional owners of the Yarra River Valley around Melbourne About 400, Eastern Kulin MachinereManchineri 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous Arawakan people of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru About 1,000, Arawakan ParintintinKagwahiva’nga 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Kagwahiva people of the Madeira River basin in Brazil About 480, 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 Rikbaktsa 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the Amazon rain forest in northwest Mato Grosso, Brazil About 2,000, Macro-Gê EngganoE Lopeh 🇮🇩 IndonesiaMatrilineal islanders of Enggano off southwest Sumatra About 2,000, Austronesian (classification debated) Matipu 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous Cariban people of the Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil About 157, Cariban ZiaTsʾíiyʾamʾé 🇺🇸 United StatesPueblo people of New Mexico known for their sun symbol and pottery About 850, Keresan OfayéOfaié 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of central Brazil, now living in Mato Grosso do Sul About 69, Macro-Jê 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 Cinta Larga 🇧🇷 BrazilIndigenous people of the western Amazon rainforest in Brazil About 2,000, Tupi HohChalá·at 🇺🇸 United StatesSalmon fishers of the Hoh River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula About 102 ZuruahãSuruwaha 🇧🇷 BrazilHunter-gatherers of the Purus River in Amazonas, Brazil About 171, Arawan Skokomishsqʷuqʷóbəš 🇺🇸 United StatesSalmon fishers and cedar artisans of Hood Canal, Washington About 730, Coast Salish TimbishaNümü Tümpisattsi 🇺🇸 United StatesNative people of Death Valley, California, known for their deep ties to the land About 300, Uto-Aztecan PaiterSurui Paiter 🇧🇷 BrazilFarmers and forest stewards of the Mato Grosso–Rondônia border in Brazil About 1,000, Tupi-Guarani 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 Ngāi Tūhoe 🇳🇿 New Zealand and 1 moreMāori iwi of Te Urewera, eastern North Island, New Zealand About 35,000, Austronesian YugambehMibunn 🇦🇺 AustraliaAboriginal people of South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales About 10,000, Pama–Nyungan (Bandjalangic branch) Diyari 🇦🇺 AustraliaTraditional owners of the Cooper Creek delta in South Australia About 600, Karnic Butchulla 🇦🇺 AustraliaTraditional custodians of K'gari (Fraser Island) and nearby Queensland coast About 2,000
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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.