The Carabayo (who perhaps call themselves Yacumo) are an

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of Colombia living in at least three

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s, known as ''malokas'', along the

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(now the

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) in the southeastern corner of the country. They live in the

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of Colombian Amazon rainforest, near the border with

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. They share the protected National Park with the

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and

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. In the last 400 years, Carabayo people have had intermittent contact with outsiders, including violent attacks by slave traders and rubber extractors, resulting in their retreat from outside groups and increased isolation.

Name

The Carabayo are also known as the Aroje or Yuri people. They are known as the ''Aroje'' to the

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. ''Maku'' and ''Macusa'' are pejorative

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terms applied to many local languages, and are not specific to Carabayo.

Language

The Carabayo language appears to be a member of the Tikuna–Yuri family.

Legal protection

In December 2011, President

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signed legal decree #4633, which guarantees uncontacted peoples such as the Carabayo the rights to their voluntary isolation, their traditional territories, and reparations if they face violence from outsiders.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carabayo People Indigenous peoples in Colombia Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Hunter-gatherers of South America Uncontacted peoples