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| Baniwa |
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| Indigenous Group |
Baniwa (Also known as: Baniua do Içana; Maniba; Baniva; Baniba) |
| Location |
Venezuela, Amazonas State, between the Curipaco and the Guarequena, Rio Negro along the Columbian Border |
| Estimated Population |
1150 (2002, SIL) |
| Environment |
Rainforest |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Hunter / Gatherer / Fishing / Handicraft Sales |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Assimilated |
| Language Family |
Baniwa
Classification: Arawakan, Maipuran, Northern Maipuran, Inland
Alternate names: Baniua do Içana, Maniba, Baniva, Baniba
Dialects: Hohodené (Hohodena, Kadaupuritana), Siusy-Tapuya (Seuci, Siuci, Siusi). Related to Carutana and Curripaco. Several groups on the middle Içana and Ayarí rivers who speak Baniwa: Hohodené, Kadaupuritana, Sucuriyu-Tapuya, Siusy-Tapuya, Irá-Tapuya, Kawá-Tapuya, Waliperedakenai (Ribeiro 1967). |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Baniwa, A Language of Brazil
Tribes
Orinoco Online: Baniwa
Global Policy Forum: Latin American Indigenous Movements in the Context of Globalization
Instituto Socio Ambiental: Indigenous Peoples of the Içana River
Orinoco - The Life of the Indian Tribes of South Venezuela
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| NGOs |
Instituto Socio Ambiental
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