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Huni Kuin

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and clothing. Men weave certain baskets, carve tools from wood, create featherwork and ceremonial regalia, and make canoes and weapons, such as clubs, spears, and bows and arrows. In hunting, shotguns are popular.
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means "cannibals", "bat people" and "people who walk about at night". It is still widespread in literature, yet the Huni Kuin reject the name as an insult.
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Hunting is of paramount importance in Huni Kuin society. Huni Kuin also fish, gather plant foods, and grow crops through
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Povos Indígenas no Brasil (Instituto Socioambiental): Huni Kuin (Kaxinawá)
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means "true people" or "people with traditions". The alternative name
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In the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, some Huni Kuin live on the
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Women weave baskets, string bead jewelry, create utilitarian
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Index

Kaxinawa
Kaxinawá language

Acre
Brazil
Acre
Brazil
Peru
Kaxinawá
indigenous people of Brazil
Peru
Purus
Tarauacá
Jordão
Breu
Muru
Envira
Humaitã
Purus Rivers
Alto Purús Indigenous Territory
Kulina people
Kaxinawá language
Panoan language
Spanish
swidden
slash-and-burn
ceramics
hammocks

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