Indigenous people in Venezuela are Native peoples who live in Venezuela. Also called Amerindians or Native Venezuelans, they form about 2% of the population of Venezuela, and many Venezuelans have som
Most populous Indigenous groups in Venezuela
The Natives of Cumaná attack the mission after Gonzalo de Ocampo's slaving raid. Colored copperplate by Theodor de Bry, published in the "Relación brevissima de la destruccion de las Indias".
A palafito in the Orinoco Delta
Mucuchí women, who were part of the greater Timoto–Cuica people
Wayuu people
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The Wayuu are an ethnic group Indigenous to the Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela. The Wayuu language is part of the Arawakan language family. Throughout their history, th
Indigenous peoples in Venezuela
…up nearly 50% of the population, and in the Andes of the western state of Zulia. At least 30 Indigenous ethnic groups live in Venezuela, including the Wayuu (413,000), Warao people (49,000), Kali'na (34,000), Pemon (30,000), Anu͂ (21,000), Huottüja (19,000), Ya̧nomamö (16,000), Yaruro (7,000), Ye'kuana…
Baile de cortejo Wayuu
The Wayuu are the largest indigenous group in Colombia and in Venezuela.
A Wayuu rancheria