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Peru’s Amazonian Indigenous

Peru’s Amazonian Indigenous

In Peru’s vast Amazon region there are 65 ethnic groups with their own distinct traditions and languages passed down orally from generation to generation. What does the future hold for these peoples?

September 5, 2008 | Commentary/Opinion

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The Asháninkas

The Asháninkas

The Asháninkas are the indigenous people of the central rainforest. Their native land spans from San Ramon, where the start of the Amazon rainforest clings to the edge of the Andes, eastward to Brasil. Here though, they make up the minority of the population (20-30%) because people from the sierra descended on towns like La Merced to flee terrorism in the 80′s and early 90′s and because numerous colonialists from various parts of Peru arrived to exploit the rainforest.

August 24, 2006 | Modern Peru

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