Ye'kuana people
Sign in to saveThe Yeꞌkuana, also called Yeꞌkwana, YeꞌKuana, Yekuana, Yequana, Yecuana, Dekuana, Maquiritare, Makiritare, Soꞌto and Maiongong, are a Cariban-speaking tropical rain-forest tribe who live in the Caura River and Orinoco River regions of Venezuela in Bolivar State and Amazonas State. In Brazil, they inhabit the northeast of Roraima State. In Venezuela, the Yeꞌkuana live alongside their former enemies, the Sanumá (Yanomami subgroup).
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- Instance of
- indigenous people
- Languages spoken
- Cariban
- Native language
- Cariban
- Religion
- animism
- Population
- 7997
- Country of origin
- Venezuela
- Image
- Construcción de Curiara.jpg
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- Ye'kuana people
- native label
- Ye'kwana
- described at URL
- pib.socioambiental.org/pt/Quadro_Geral_dos_Povos
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The Yeꞌkuana, also called Yeꞌkwana, YeꞌKuana, Yekuana, Yequana, Yecuana, Dekuana, Maquiritare, Makiritare, Soꞌto and Maiongong, are a Cariban-speaking tropical rain-forest tribe who live in the Caura River and Orinoco River regions of Venezuela in Bolivar State and Amazonas State. In Brazil, they inhabit the northeast of Roraima State. In Venezuela, the Yeꞌkuana live alongside their former enemies, the Sanumá (Yanomami subgroup).
When the Yeꞌkuana wish to refer to themselves, they use the word Soꞌto, which can be translated as "people", "person". Yeꞌkuana, in turn, can be translated as "canoe people", "people of the canoes" or even "people of the branch in the river".
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