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Achagua | Andoque | Arhuaco | Awa |
Barasana | Bari |
Betoye |
Bora |
Cabiyari | Carijona | Chimila | Chiricoa | Cocama | Coconuco | Cofan | Cuiba | Curripaco | Desano | Dujo |
Guambiano | Guayabero |Letuama |
Macuna |
Masiguare |Mirana | Muinane | Piapoco | Siona | Tariano | Tatuyo | Ticuna | Totoro | Tucano | Tule | Tunebo | Tuyuca | Wounaan |
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Carijona
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| Indigenous Group |
Carijona (Also known as: Karijona, Omagua, Umawa, Carihona, Hianacoto-Umaua,
Guaque, Hiancoto, Mesaiya, Umaua)
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| Location |
Colombia, South-eastern Colombia, on the Vaupés, Yari and Caquetá rivers,
Peurto Nare region
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| Estimated Population |
287 (1997,
Etnias de Colombia) |
| Environment |
Lowland / Jungle / Tropical
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| Lifestyle |
Semi-nomadic
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Hunter / Fishing / Gatherer
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Carijona
Classification:
Carib, Southern, Southeastern Colombia
Alternate Names:
Omagua, Umawa, Carihona, Hianacoto-Umaua, Karijona, Guaque, Hianacoto,
Mesaiya, Umaua
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| Website URLs |
Carijona
Cultural Survival: Ayahuasca, Shamanism Shared Across Cultures
The Yurayaco Declaration of the Union de Medicos Indigenas Yageceros de la
Amazonia Colombiana
UN Commission on Human Rights Report: Indigenous Issues, Mission to Colombia
Indigenous Peoples of Andean Countries: Cultural and Political Aspects
Indigenous Peoples in Colombia
Uncontacted Tribes of South America
Ethnologue: Carijona, A language of Colombia
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| NGOs |
Etnias de Colombia
Amazon Conservation Team
Cultural Survival
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