- Ye'kuana
ethnic group
group=Ye'kuana
poptime= approx. 6,250 in Venezuela [ [http://www.venezuelanindian.blogspot.com/2006/03/ethnic-groups-in-venezuela-according.html 2001 Census of Venezuelan Indigenous Groups] ] , 430 in Brazil [ [http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/epienglish/yekuana/yekuana.shtm Encyclopedia of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil] ]
popplace=Venezuela ,Brazil
rels=
langs=Carib language family
related=The Ye'kuana, also called Yekuana, Yecuana, Dekuana, Maquiritare, Makiritare, So'to or Maiongong, are aCariban -speaking tropical rain forest tribe who live in the Caura River andOrinoco River regions ofVenezuela inBolivar State and Amazonas State. InBrazil , they inhabit the northeast ofRoraima State.In Venezuela, the Ye'Kuana live alongside theSanumá .There are some 6,250 Ye'kuana in Venezuela, according to the 2001 census, with some 430 in Brazil.
References
Further reading
David. M. Guss: "To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rainforest" (University of California Press, 1990)
External links
* [http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/epienglish/yekuana/yekuana.shtm Ye'kuana in the "Encyclopedia of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil"]
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