The Huni Kuin (also known as: ''Kaxinawá'', ''Cashinahua'', ''Kaschinawa'', ''Kashinawa'', ''Caxinauás'') are an indigenous people of Brazil and Indigenous peoples in Peru, Peru. Their villages are located along the Purus River, Purus and Curanja Rivers in Peru and the Tarauacá River, Tarauacá, Jordão River (Acre), Jordão, Breu River, Breu, Muru River, Muru, Envira River, Envira, Humaitã River, Humaitã, and Purus Rivers in Brazil.
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''Povos Indígenas no Brasil.'' Retrieved 8 Dec 2011.
In the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, some Huni Kuin live on the Alto Purús Indigenous Territory with the Kulina people.
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Name
The name ''Huni Kuin'' means "true people" or "people with traditions". The alternative name ''Kaxinawá'' means "cannibals", "bat people" and "people who walk about at night". It is still widespread in literature, yet the Huni Kuin reject the name as an insult.Povos Indígenas no Brasil (Instituto Socioambiental): Huni Kuin (Kaxinawá)
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Language
The Huni Kuin speak the Kaxinawá language, a Panoan language.[ They call their language Hancha Kuin, meaning "real words." Only 5% to 10% of the Huni Kuin in Peru speak Spanish language, Spanish and literacy rates are low.][
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Economy
Hunting is of paramount importance in Huni Kuin society. Huni Kuin also fish, gather plant foods, and grow crops through swidden, or slash-and-burn horticulture. Rice has become an export crop.["Economy - Kashinawa."]
''Countries and Their Cultures.'' Retrieved 8 Dec 2011.
Women weave baskets, string bead jewelry, create utilitarian indigenous ceramics of the Americas, ceramics and weave hammocks and clothing. Men weave certain baskets, carve tools from wood, create featherwork and ceremonial regalia, and make canoes and weapons, such as clubs, spears, and bows and arrows. In hunting, shotguns are popular.[
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Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Indigenous peoples in Peru
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
Hunter-gatherers of South America