Amazonia and lowland South America
Wapichana
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Lands
Northeastern Roraima, Brazil, and the South Rupununi in southwestern Guyana
Facts 3
Governance
In 2012 Wapichan leaders in Guyana presented a community map and land plan titled Thinking Together for those Coming Behind Us.
As of 2012 Source: Forest Peoples Programme, Wapichan people in Guyana present territorial map and community proposals to save ancestral forests (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
The Wapichana language is classified in the Arawak language family.
Source: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Wapichana - Povos IndÃgenas no Brasil (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Land
Wapichana lands lie between the Branco and Rupununi rivers, on the border between Brazil and Guyana.
Source: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Wapichana - Povos IndÃgenas no Brasil (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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