Amazon Indian Tribes

Amazon Native Tribes Photos and Videos

Amazon-Indians.org is a resource for photos and videos of native indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest.  It is an educational resource and an introduction to the cultures of Amazon native tribes from the South American Amazon River Basin.  In addition, this website is a resource for information and geographic maps of the native indigenous tribes of the Amazon Rainforest.   Various indigenous people of the Amazon are represented, including the Matis, Matsés-Mayoruna, Huaorani, Bora, Shipibos, Yagua, Marubo, Ticuna, Kayapó, Suyá, and Xingu Amazonian native tribes.  Various ceremonies and rituals are illustrated, most importantly the Ceremony of Mariwin, Matsés-Mayoruna Poison Frog Ceremony, Dance of Queixada, Ritual of Capybara, Ticuna Indian Girl Puberty Rite of  Passage, Marubo Ceremony of Aco, and the Kuarup (Kwarup) Ceremony of the Dead.  Moreover, various Amazon native tribe legends are told, including Bari Rahua and the Discovery of the Grand Cosmos, the Amazon Indian Tribe Legend of The Pink Dolphin, and the Amazon Native Tribe Legend of The Victoria Regia.  Various aspects of the cultures of the indigenous people of the Amazon are covered, as well as hunting with blowguns and curare.  In particular, the blowguns of the Matis and Yagua native amazonian tribes are illustrated.   Amazon native tribe bilingual education is also highlighted.  Please check out our recent articles on the Huaorani Indians, the "Warriors of the Amazon" and on the Yanomami Indians, "The Fierce People."  Recently, uncontacted Amazon Indians have made headlines worldwide.  Some of these newspaper reports have been controversial and confusing, hence we have added several articles to help clarify and summarize what is known about uncontacted Amazon tribes.  Please refer to our new articles on "Uncontacted Amazon Indians in Peru," and "Uncontacted Amazon Tribe: The Cabellos Largos" to learn more about these indigenous Amazonian natives living in isolation from the rest of the world.  To learn about the most recently contacted tribe in the Amazon, please see our new essay on the Korubo Indians, also known as the "Caceteiros" or "Head-Bashers." 

In addition to articles, legends, geographic maps, photographs and three photogalleries of Amazon native tribes, five videos are offered for the Matis Amazon Indian tribe.  In the first video of the series, the technology that the Matis Indians use for hunting in the Amazon Rainforest is the primary subject.  The Matis indigenous hunters are the world's foremost experts in the use of blowguns and this video takes an in-depth view of blowguns, from  how poison darts are manufactured and the application of curare poison to how these indigenous people of the Amazon stalk and capture prey with their blowguns.  The second video illustrates the day to day life and material culture of the Matis Amazon Indian Tribe, including food and cooking, weaving with primitive looms, and the making of necklaces other ornaments.  In the third video of the series,  numerous Amazon native tribe ceremonies, dances, and rituals are shown.  The Dance of Queixada, Ritual of Capybara, and the Ceremony of Mariwin are illustrated.  Medicinal plant use by the Matis Indians is covered in the fourth video of these indigenous people of the Amazon.   The fifth video is dedicated to the Ceremony of Mariwin, but also covers how this Amazon native tribe can manually make fire and hunt with blowguns.  

For some of the best information and photos on Amazonian tribes, please visit Amazon-Tribes.com. The images on this website are quite spectacular, and give a rare glimpse into the traditional culture of the Waorani Indians of Ecuador and the Korubo Indians of Brazil.  In addition, they present these fantastic pictures in a pleasurable and well-designed format allowing one to gain an insight into the daily lives of Amazonian tribes with accurate information about their material culture and traditional beliefs.