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Achual | Aguaruna | Amahuaca | Amarakaeri | Arabela | Arasaeri | Arequipa-La
Union Quechua | Ashaninka | Asheninka
Pajonal | Asheninka
Perene | Ayacucho, Quechua | Bora | Cahuarano | Cajamarca, Quechua | Candoshi-Shapra | Capanahua | Cashibo-Cacataibo | Cashinahua | Chamicuro | Chayahuita | Culina | Ese'Ejja | Huachipaeri | Huambisa | Huitoto
Murui | Iquito | Isconahua | Jebero | Jibaro | Machiguenga | Mashco-Piro | Matses | Mayo-Pisabo | Mayoruna | Nanti | Nomatsiguenga | Omagua | Pacaraos,
Quechua | Puno,
Quechua | San
Martin, Quechua | Sapiteri | Secoya | Shipibo-Conibo
| Sihuas Ancash, Quechua | Southern Pastaza, Quechua
| Ticuna | Toyoeri | Urarina | Uro
| Yagua | Yaminahua | Yanesha | Yine | Yora
| Yine |
|
| Indigenous Group |
Yine (Also
known as: Piro, Pirro, Pira, Simirinche, Simiranch, Contaquiro) |
| Location |
Peru,
Departments of Ucayali and Cusco, East Central Urubamba River area;
Department of Ucayali and Loreto, along the Ucayali River (Conatmana
and Pucallpa); Department of Madre de Dios, Madre de Dios River. |
| Estimated Population |
5000 (2000, SIL
International) |
| Environment |
Tropical
Rainforest |
| Lifestyle |
Semi-Nomadic |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture /
Fishing / Animal Husbandry / Lumber Work / Handicraft Sales |
| Level of Assimilation |
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Yine
Classification: Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran,
Purus
Alternative Names: Piro, Pirro, Pira, Simirinche,
Simiranch, Contaquiro
|
| Website URLs |
The
Cultured Traveller, Article: An Ancient Rainforest Community in the
Peruvian Jungle
Pantiacolla
Yine Project – Ecotourism at work in the Amazon
Peru
4 U, Article: Yine Indians Manu Information
CIDCM,
Minorities at Risk, Article: Lowland Indigenous Peoples at Risk
National
Geographic, Article: Outside Pressures threaten Amazon Cultures
The
Rosetta Project
One
World Projects, Article: Shipibo and Yine Textiles
Pantiacolla Tours, Yine Project
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| NGOs |
Survival
International
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