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Indigenous peoples of the Andes

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Quechua people
ethnic group indigenous to South America
Aymara
indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America
Chavín culture
pre-Columbian civilisation from Peru
Urus
indigenous group of the Andes of South America of the arahuaco bias (arawak)
Huanca people
The Huancas, Wancas, or Wankas are a Quechua people living in the Junín Region of central Peru, in and around the Mantaro Valley.
Atacameños
indigenous people from the Atacama Desert
Valdivia culture
archaeological culture in modern-day Ecuador
Paez people
Indigenous people in Colombia
Diaguitas
The Diaguita people are a group of South American Indigenous people native to the Chilean Norte Chico and the Argentine Northwest. Western or Chilean Diaguitas lived mainly in the Transverse Valleys that incise semi-arid mountains. Eastern or Argentine Diaguitas lived in the provinces of La Rioja and Catamarca and part of the provinces of Salta, San Juan and Tucumán. The term Diaguita was first applied to peoples and archaeological cultures by Ricardo E. Latcham in the early 20th century.
indigenous peoples in Colombia
descendants of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of Colombia
Inga people
Indigenous ethnic group in South America
Tsáchila
Tsáchila man guiding a forest walk near Santo Domingo de Los Colorados|thumbThe Tsachila, also called the Colorados (meaning “the red-colored ones”), are an indigenous people of the Ecuadorian province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, partly named after them. Their native language is Tsafiki, a member of the Barbacoan linguistic family, and translates to mean "true word".
Chango people
ethnic group
Saraguros
indigenous tribe in South America
Vicús culture
Culture of Peru
Quilmes people
indigenous peoples group in Argentina
Chorrera culture
archaeological culture
Colla People
The Qulla (Quechuan for south, Hispanicized and mixed spellings: Colla, Kolla) are an Indigenous people of western Bolivia, northern Chile, and the western portions of Jujuy and Salta provinces in Argentina. The 2004 Complementary Indigenous Survey reported 53,019 Qulla households living in Argentina. They moved freely between the borders of Argentina and Bolivia. While mostly living in arid highlands, their easternmost lands are part of the yungas, an altitude forests at the edge of the Amazon rainforest.
pre-Columbian Ecuador
Ecuador before Spanish colonization
Pijao people
indigenous group native to Colombia
Poya people
South American people
Aymara kingdoms
group of native polities that flourished towards the Late Intermediate Period, after the fall of the Tiwanaku Empire, whose societies were geographically located in the Qullaw
Bahía culture
Archaeological culture in Ecuador
indigenous peoples in Bolivia
Native Bolivians constitute approximately 62% of Bolivia's population
Timoto–Cuicas
Eran la tribu indígena más abansada de Venezuela
Lauricocha culture
Andean preceramic culture
Maina people
group of indigenous peoples living along the north bank of the Marañón River in South America
Pocra culture
designation to the ancient Huari settlers of Huamanga before the Inca conquest