Huambisa people
thumb | right | alt=Huambisa, member of the Peruvian army | Huambisa, member of the Peruvian army The Huambisa, also known as the Wampis, are an indigenous people of Peru and Ecuador. One of the Jivaroan peoples, they speak the Huambisa language and live on the upper Marañón and Santiago rivers. They numbered about 5,000 people in the 1980s.
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thumb | right | alt=Huambisa, member of the Peruvian army | Huambisa, member of the Peruvian army The Huambisa, also known as the Wampis, are an indigenous people of Peru and Ecuador. One of the Jivaroan peoples, they speak the Huambisa language and live on the upper Marañón and Santiago rivers. They numbered about 5,000 people in the 1980s.
==History== In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Huambisa faced several incursions by the Inca Empire. They consistently fended off the Inca, developing a strong culture of resistance in the process. After the Spanish conquered the Inca Empire in the 1530s, they too made attempts to subjugate the Huambisa.