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    The Macushi (Makuusi, Portuguese: Macuxi) are an indigenous people living in the borderlands of southern Guyana, northern Brazil in the state of Roraima...
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  • Macushi is an indigenous language of the Carib family spoken in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. It is also referred to as Makushi, Makusi, Macuxi, Macusi...
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    of many waters". Nine indigenous tribes reside in Guyana: the Wai Wai, Macushi, Patamona, Lokono, Kalina, Wapishana, Pemon, Akawaio and Warao. Historically...
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    although there is understanding between speakers of Pemon, Kapóng, and Macushi. According to a survey conducted by the Inter-American Development Bank...
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    a minority of the population. These include Cariban languages such as Macushi, Akawaio and Wai-Wai; and Arawakan languages such as Arawak (or Lokono)...
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  • Hypostomus macushi is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Essequibo River, the Ireng...
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    the Caribs, the Akawaio, the Arecuna, the Patamona, the Wapixana, the Macushi, and the Warao. The two largest groups, the Indo-Guyanese and Afro-Guyanese...
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  • other closely related Venezuelan Cariban languages which also include the Macushi and Kapon (or Kapong, also sometimes used by natives to name the Pemon...
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  • Waramadong, and Kako. There are two dialects, Akawaio and Patamona. The Macushi name of the language is Ingarikó. The Carib tribes practice an indigenous...
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    are about three dozen, but most are spoken only by a few hundred people. Macushi is the only language among them with numerous speakers, estimated at 30...
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  • Alister Charlie (category Macushi people)
    Assembly. He is of indigenous descent, specifically of the Wapishana and Macushi. In January 2020, he was charged with perversion of the course of justice...
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    extinct languages Arawak (Lokono) Carib (Kari'nja) Garifuna (Karif) Kapóng Macushi Mawayana (Mapidian) Mopan Pemon (Arekuna) Qʼeqchiʼ (Kʼekchi) Sikiana (Kashuyana)...
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    Chiquitano 5,900 Bolivia Brazil & Bolivia Guarayu 5,900 Bolivia Bolivia Macushi 5,800 Venezuela Guyana Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana Chimané 5,300 Bolivia...
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    Land) is an indigenous territory in Brazil, intended to be home to the Macushi people. It is located in the northern half of the Brazilian state of Roraima...
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    Wapishana and Macushi. Historical boundaries extend as far up as the Rio Branco basin, but the Wapishana were driven south by the Macushi under pressure...
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    Official English Vernacular language Guyanese Creole Native languages Akawaio Macushi Waiwai Arawakan family Patamona Warrau Carib Wapishana Arekuna Other languages...
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  • Brazil. The mountains are a traditional home to Patamona and Macushi people. The Macushi village of Tipuru is considered the oldest village in the South...
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    Official English Vernacular language Guyanese Creole Native languages Akawaio Macushi Waiwai Arawakan family Patamona Warrau Carib Wapishana Arekuna Other languages...
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    Rupununi/Kanuku mountain range. The Rupununi is the home of the Wapishana, Macushi, Wai-Wai and Patamona peoples. In 2012, the population of Amerindians in...
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    groups including the Arekuna, Ingarikó, Kamarakoto, Tualipang, Mapoyo and Macushi/Makushi (Macuxi or Makuxi in Brazil). While ethnographic data on these...
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  • South America. Certain peoples indigenous to the region – notably the Macushi – crush and cook the roots and stems of these and certain other plants...
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  • Bernaldina José Pedro (category Macushi people)
    part of the Macushi people, an indigenous people who live in Guyana, Northern Brazil, and Venezuela. Pedro eventually married into a Macushi family living...
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  • Italy, Switzerland and Greece Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy Macushi Cariban → Macushi Guyana (Rupununi), Brazil (Roraima) Shamanism Madi Nilo-Saharan...
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  • chicken, pan seared caiman, and Piranha topped with mango salsa for a Macushi chief and his family. 12 6 "India's Spice Hub" Neil P. De Groot July 12...
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    Skepi Creole Dutch, English, Guyanese Creole, African languages, Akawaio, Macushi, Waiwai, Arawakan, Patamona, Warrau, Carib, Wapishana, Arekuna, Portuguese...
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  • On an angling expedition along the Rewa River in Guyana, Steve and his Macushi guides catch exotic species such as black piranha and vampire fish. 94...
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  • Karasabai Airport (IATA: KRG, ICAO: SYKS) is an airport serving the Macushi community of Karasabai in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana...
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    Paranhos, Mato Grosso do Sul (Guarani, under approval) Bonfim, Roraima (macushi) and (wapishana) Tocantínia, Tocantins (Xerénte) Municipalities that have...
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  • Hiawa is an indigenous village of Macushi Amerindians in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. It is located in the Rupununi savannah. Hiawa...
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    accessibility these falls are rarely visited. The area is inhabited by Macushi and Patamona people, and there are a few villages in the vicinity of the...
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