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Anu
| Baniwa
| Bari
| Curripaco
| Enepa
| Guahibo
| Hoti
| Karina
| Mapoyo
| Ninam
| Pemon
| Piapoco
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| Pemon |
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| Indigenous Group |
Pemón (Also
known as Pemong) |
| Location |
Venezuela,
Bolivar State, Gran Sabana and Canaima National Park |
| Estimated Population |
14,850
(retrieved 2004, SIL International) |
| Environment |
Tropical
Forest, Savannah |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture /
hunter / fishing / ecotourism |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Pemon
Classification: Carib(e), Northern, East-West Guiana,
Macushi-Kapon, Kapon
Alternative Names: Pemong
Dialects: Camaracoto, Tuarepan (Taolipang), Arecuna
(Aricuna, Arekuna, Jaricuna, Pemon, Daigok, Potsawugok, Pishuaco,
Purucoto, Kamaragakok) |
| Website URLs |
The Lost World:
People
Tradition
Among the Gran Sabana Pemon
Pemon: A
Language of Venezuela
The Nature Conservancy:
Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Venezuela:the Pemon’s
struggle
Languages of
Venezuela
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| NGOs |
Venezuelan
Program of Action and Education in Human Rights (PROVEA)
Coalition for Amazonian Peoples and their Environment
Amnesty
International
Indigenous Federation of Bolivar (FIB)
Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples’ Organization or the Amazon
Basin (COICA)
The Nature Conservancy
EcoNatura
Consejo
Nacional Indio de Venezuela
Amazon Alliance |
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