“THE MAYANS”
(8000 BCE)
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“THE INCA EMPIRE”
(~1100 CE)
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*THE AZTECS*
(1300 – 1521)
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*the indigenous peoples of ‘south america‘ are the ‘pre-columbian peoples’ of ‘south america’ + their ‘descendants’*
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these peoples contrast with ‘south americans’ of ‘european ancestry’ + those of ‘african descent’
In Spanish, indigenous people are often referred to as indígenas or pueblos indígenas (lit. indigenous peoples).
They may also be called pueblos nativos or nativos (lit. native peoples).
The term aborigen (lit. aborigine) is used in Argentina, and pueblos aborígenes (lit. aboriginal peoples) is commonly used in Colombia.
The English term “Amerindian” (short for “Indians of the Americas”) is often used in the Guianas.
People of mixed European and indigenous descent are usually referred to as mestizos.
It is believed that the first human populations of South America either arrived from Asia into North America via the Bering Land Bridge, and migrated southwards or alternatively from Polynesia across the Pacific.
The earliest generally accepted archaeological evidence for human habitation in South America dates to 14,000 years ago, the Monte Verde site in Southern Chile.
The descendants of these first inhabitants would become the indigenous populations of South America.
Before the Spanish colonization of the Americas, many of the indigenous peoples of South America were hunter-gatherers, and indeed many still are, especially in the Amazonian area.
Others, especially the Andean cultures, practised sophisticated agriculture, utilized advanced irrigation and kept domesticated livestock, such as llamas and alpacas.
(in the period after the initial arrival of Europeans in ‘1492’, the indigenous population of South America fell rapidly due to a variety of factors, such as ‘disease’ + ‘warfare’)
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(venezuela)
(2012)
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(in the ‘present day’, there are 2 south american countries where indigenous peoples constitute the largest ethnic group)
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These are…
‘peru’
(where 45% are ‘indigenous’)
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‘bolivia’
(where 62% of people identify as feeling a part of some ‘indigenous group’)
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South American indigenous peoples include…
Indigenous peoples in Argentina
Indigenous peoples in Bolivia
Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Indigenous peoples in Chile
Indigenous peoples in Colombia
Indigenous peoples in Ecuador
Indigenous peoples in French Guiana
Indigenous peoples in Guyana
Indigenous peoples in Paraguay
Indigenous peoples in Peru
Indigenous peoples in Suriname
Indigenous peoples in Uruguay
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*indigenous peoples in ‘venezuela’*
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👈👈👈☜*“NATIVE AMERICANS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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