INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Amazon tribes in manu national park,  are divided into three large groups: established native communities, indigenous people in initial contact, and indigenous people in isolation. Each group has different characteristics, which is why a differentiated treatment is required for each of them.

Understanding the differences between these groups, in addition to the internal differentiation within each group, is a necessary first step to understand the reality in which these indigenous peoples live. Each of these groups has different characteristics and has its own peculiarities, so that in order to better understand the reality in which they live, it is necessary to familiarize ourselves with their particular situation and assume a different perspective in each of the cases.

The Manu National Park and its adjacent area, in the Manu Biosphere Reserve, are characterized by their great cultural diversity. The high Andean part is inhabited by Quechua peasant communities; the Amazonian part by the Matsigenka, Yine Harakmbut, Yora (Nahua), Nanty (Kugapakori) and the «Mashco Piro» indigenous peoples, who, like some Matsigenka settlements and others, still remain in voluntary isolation or in initial contact with the larger society.

In the Andean zone, the Manu National Park adjoins the Quechua Peasant Communities of Mendozayoc, Pucará, Solan, Televan, Sahuay, Jesús María, Lali, Patanmarca, Lucuybamba, Huaccanca, Pilco Grande, Pasto Grande and Jajahuana. The Manu National Park is related to the Andean communities through agreements on the use of pastures, reduction of the conflict with the Andean bear and the prevention of forest fires.