The Wapishana or Wapichan (or Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Vapidiana, Wapixana) are an indigenous group found in the Roraima area of northern Brazil and southern...
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Wapishana (Wapixana) is an Arawakan language of Guyana and Brazil. It is spoken by over 13,000 people on both sides of the Guyana-Brazil border. In Brazil...
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(Aroã) † Wapixana (also known as Wapishana): Atorada (also known as Atoraí), Mapidian (also known as Maopidyán), Wapishana Ta-Maipurean Palikur Palikur (also...
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tribes reside in Guyana: the Wai Wai, Macushi, Patamona, Lokono, Kalina, Wapishana, Pemon, Akawaio and Warao. Historically dominated by the Lokono and Kalina...
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savannah, Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela Waiwai, Amazonas, Brazil and Guyana Wapishana (Also known as Uapixana, Vapidiana, Wapichan, Wapichana, Wapisana, Wapishshiana...
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Akawaio and Wai-Wai; and Arawakan languages such as Arawak (or Lokono) and Wapishana. Smock, Kirk (2008). Guyana: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt. pp. 19. ISBN 978...
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the National Assembly. He is of indigenous descent, specifically of the Wapishana and Macushi. In January 2020, he was charged with perversion of the course...
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religion Tlingit religion Tsimshian religion Ute religion Wai-Wai religion Wapishana religion Warao religion Washat Dreamers Religion Wayuu religion Western...
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up of several distinct tribes or nations. Warao, Arawak, Caribs, and Wapishana are all represented in Guyana. Europeans arrived in the Guianas in the...
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with Wapishana under a Rio Branco (North-Arawak) branch of the Arawakan family. Carlin (2006:314) notes that Mawayana "is closely related to Wapishana" and...
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