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A'I |
Achuar |
Amazon Kichwa |
Awa |
Chachi |
Chibuleo |
Epera |
Huancavilca |
Huaorani |
Kanari |
Kayambi |
Karanki |
Kitu Kara |
Natabuela |
Otavalo |
Salasaca |
Saraguro |
Shiwiar |
Shuar |
Siona Secoya |
| Achuar |
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| Indigenous Group |
Achuar (Also known as: Achual, Jivaro, Ashuar) |
| Location |
Ecuador, Southeast, Lower Amazon, provinces of Pastaza [Pastaza, Capahuari, Copataza, Bobonata, Corrientes, Conambo rivers] and Morona Santiago [Huasaga, Surik, Wichim, Mashumar, Situch, Makinetza] |
| Estimated Population |
4,700 (2006,
Edufuturo) |
| Environment |
Tropical / Lowland / Rainforest / Interfluvial |
| Lifestyle |
Semi-nomadic |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Hunter / Gatherer / Fishing / Animal Husbandry |
| Level of Assimilation |
Nearly Untouched |
| Language Family |
Achuar-Shiwiar
Classification: Jivaroan
Alternative names: Achiar, Achual, Achuara, Achuale, Jivaro, Maina
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| Website URLs |
Communities of Ecuador: Achuar
Edufuturo Project
Ethnologue:
Languages of
Ecuador
Kapawi Ecolodge and Reserve
Kapawi: The Story of an Ecuadorian Ecolodge
CODENPE Council for the Development of the Nationalities and Peoples of Ecuador
The Ecuadorean Indigenous Movement
Ecuadorian Nationalities
Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador
BBC News: Eco-tourism hope for Ecuador tribes |
| NGOs |
Confederation of the Nationalities Indigenous to the Amazon of Ecuador CONFENIAE
Medicine International
Global Response
The Pachamama Alliance
Social and Indigenuos Movements of Ecuador
Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador - CONAIE
Amazon Watch
ISIC - Institute for Science and Indigenous Cultures
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