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    The Achuar are an Indigenous people of the Americas belonging to the Jivaroan family, alongside the Shuar, Shiwiar, Awajun, and Wampis (Perú). They are...
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  • Shiwiar, also known as Achuar, Jivaro and Maina, is a Chicham language spoken along the Pastaza and Bobonaza rivers in Ecuador. Shiwiar is one of the thirteen...
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    region of the Amazon rainforest. Jivaroan peoples, which includes the Shuar, Achuar, Huambisa and Aguaruna tribes from Ecuador and Peru, are known to keep shrunken...
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  • The Achuar language, known as Achuar Chicham, is an indigenous language spoken by the Achuar community. This ethnic group resides in the regions of the...
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    who live in the foothills of the Andes; the achu (swamp-palm) Shuar (or Achuar) are people who live in the wetter lowlands east of the Andes (Ecuador)...
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    groups are: Shuar Achuar Humabisa Aguaruna Some have also named the following: Antipas Mayna Additionally, the Shiwiar are a group of Achuar speakers living...
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    (spoken by the Cofan), Shuar Chicham (spoken by the Shuar), Achuar Chicham (spoken by the Achuar), Shiwiar (spoken by the Shiwiar), Cha'palaachi (spoken by...
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    000 in the past (Adelaar 1991). Ethnologue lists 24 languages of Ecuador: Achuar–Shiwiar Awa–Cuaiquer Cha'palaachi Cofán Colorado Ecuadorian Sign Language...
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    Occidental was not liable for the incident. On May 10, 2007, a group of 25 Achuar Peruvians, a group of Indigenous peoples, filed suit against the company...
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    (born 19 June 1949) is a French anthropologist noted for studies of the Achuar, one of several Jivaroan peoples, and for his contributions to anthropological...
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