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Indian Cultures from Around the World
Area: Acre, Brazil (Map)
Other Names: Huni-Kuin, Cashinauá, Caxinauá
Population: 1,400 (2000)
Language Root: Pano
First Contact: 1900
Economy: Rubber
Today: 80% acculturated
The Kaxinawa Indians "migrated" from Peru, date unknown. Huni Kuin is their true name meaning the "Real People". Contacts before 1948 were made but these groups were in semi-permanent villages and were still returning to Peru. During the "Rubber Era" the Kaxinawa were used brutally for rubber collection in a system that even the young and strong did not survive. The Kaxinawa have suffered constant violent genocide from the very first contact. The entire group was forced into slave labor to work for rubber producers. In 1951 the Kaxinawa suffered a genocide that exterminated 75-80% of the group. During 1955 to 1968 there were only 400 to 500 persons left.
Additional Information
International - Amazon Indians Ask 'Biopirates' to Pay for ... - ... INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Kaxinawa Indians like Valdir Ferreira (l.) want fair compensation for sharing their plant lore with foreign companies.
Amazon dwellers tap a demand - ... Hundreds of tappers, Kaxinawa Indians and other Amazon dwellers make organic leather, mostly for Hermes' high-end accessories such as purses, wallets and bags ...
Vocabulário caxinaua (Kaxinawa/Kaxináwa/Kashinawa/Cashinawa/Kashinahua/etc.)
Amanaka'a Amazon Network Home - Environmental Education and Indigenous Rights
Brasil Community Forestry Profile
International - Amazon Indians Ask 'Biopirates' to Pay for Rain
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