- The
Wapishana or
Wapichan (or Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Vapidiana, Wapixana) are an
indigenous group found in the
Roraima area of
northern Brazil and southern...
- (Aroã) †
Wapixana (also
known as
Wapishana):
Atorada (also
known as Atoraí),
Mapidian (also
known as Maopidyán),
Wapishana Ta-Maipurean
Palikur Palikur (also...
-
tribes reside in Guyana: the Wai Wai, Macushi, Patamona, Lokono, Kalina,
Wapishana, Pemon,
Akawaio and Warao.
Historically dominated by the
Lokono and Kalina...
-
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...
- savannah, Brazil, Guyana, and
Venezuela Waiwai, Amazonas,
Brazil and
Guyana Wapishana (Also
known as Uapixana, Vapidiana, Wapichan, Wapichana, Wapisana, Wapishshiana...
- 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...
-
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...
- the
Upper Takutu-Upper
Essequibo region. The name
means 'forest' in the
Wapishana language, a
reference to the rich
diversity of
wildlife found there. The...
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religion Tlingit religion Tsimshian religion Ute
religion Wai-Wai
religion Wapishana religion Warao religion Washat Dreamers Religion Wayuu religion Western...
- up of
several distinct tribes or nations. Warao, Arawak, Caribs, and
Wapishana are all
represented in Guyana.
Europeans arrived in the
Guianas in the...
