The Aguano (also Awano, Ahuano, Hilaca, Uguano, Aguanu, Santacrucino, Tibilo) are a people of
Peru
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. In 1959, they consisted of 40 families. They inhabit the lower
Huallaga and upper
Samiria Rivers, and the right bank tributary of the
Marañon River.
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Today they farm and have largely converted to ]Roman Catholicism
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History
In the 16th century, Aguano first encountered the Spanish
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. Diseases introduced by the Europeans and warfare with the Jívaro people
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killed off much of the tribe. Surviving members of the Aguano proper, Cutinana, and Maparina peoples joined together to form what became known as the Aguana people.[Olson 5]
In the 19th century, the Aguano lived near Santa Cruz at the lower banks of the Huallaga River. As they became more acculturated
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into Spanish Peruvian society, they adopted the name Santacrucinos.[
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Notes
References
*Olson, James Stuart
''The Indians of Central and South America: an ethnohistorical dictionary.''
Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 1991. .
Further reading
* Campbell, Lyle. (1997). ''American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America''. New York: Oxford University Press. .
* Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), ''Atlas of the world's languages'' (pp. 46–76). London: Routledge.
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
Indigenous peoples in Peru
Ethnic groups in Peru
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