Nukak
Sign in to saveThe Nukak people (also Nukak-Makú) live between the Guaviare and Inírida rivers, in the depths of the tropical humid forest, on the fringe of the Amazon basin, in Guaviare Department, Republic of Colombia. They are nomadic hunter-gatherers with seasonal nomadic patterns and practice small-scale shifting horticulture. They were classified as an "uncontacted people" until 1981, and have since lost half of their population primarily to disease. Part of their territory has been used by coca growers, ranchers, and other settlers, as well as being occupied by guerrillas, army and paramilitaries. Res
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- Tigi Nukak.jpg
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- A Nukak mother and child, 1993
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- Nukak
- Ethnic group.population
- 968
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- 2023
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- San José del Guaviare settlements: 210-250, Nukak Reservation: estimated at 500
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- NukakSpanish (rare)
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- KãkwãOther Makú peoples like Hupdu
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Food acquisition
- Hunting
- Fishing
- Gathering
- Shifting cultivation
- Society
- Language
- Endangered status
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Nukak people (also Nukak-Makú) live between the Guaviare and Inírida rivers, in the depths of the tropical humid forest, on the fringe of the Amazon basin, in Guaviare Department, Republic of Colombia. They are nomadic hunter-gatherers with seasonal nomadic patterns and practice small-scale shifting horticulture. They were classified as an "uncontacted people" until 1981, and have since lost half of their population primarily to disease. Part of their territory has been used by coca growers, ranchers, and other settlers, as well as being occupied by guerrillas, army and paramilitaries. Responses to this crisis of land loss have included protests, requests for assimilation, and the suicide of leader Maw-be'. An estimated 210–250 Nukak people live in provisional settlements at San José del Guaviare, while around the same number live nomadically in the Nukak Reservation (Resguardo).
== History ==