The Harakmbut ( Arakmbut , Harakmbet ) are indigenous people in Peru . They speak the Harakmbut language . An estimated 2,000 Harakmbut people live in the Madre de Dios Region near the Brazilian border in the Peruvian Amazon .
8-572: Amarakaeri are also called Amaracaire or Amarakaire people. Subgroups of their tribe include the Kochimberi, Küpondirideri, Wíntaperi, Wakitaneri, and Kareneri peoples. As of 1987, 500 Amarakaeri people lived near the Madre de Dios and Colorado Rivers . Some pan for gold as a means of subsistence. Anthropologist Andrew Gray stated that the Amarakaeri population was under one thousand in 1996. Gray believed that
16-574: The Huachipaeri language . The Toyeri were originally the largest Harakmbut group however most of them died during the rubber boom from disease, murder, slavery, and other factors. Slave raids into the Madre de Dios and Harakmbut territory from Peruvians began with the development of the Isthmus of Fitzcarrald in 1894. The Toyeri were the first indigenous group that rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarrald encountered on
24-454: The Amarakaeri's distance from the main stream of the Madre de Dios River may have accounted for their survival. Huachipaeri are also known as Huachipaire or Wachipaeri people. As of 2000, there were 310 Huachipaeri living near the upper Madre de Dios and Keros Rivers . Subgroups of the Huachipaeri including the following, with population figures from 2000: All the subgroups speak dialects of
32-410: The Madre de Dios provides are selective logging and farming, both of which are serious environmental problems. Along the length of the river, there are several national parks and reserves, notably Tambopata-Candamo National Park , Manu National Park (also known as Manu Biosphere Reserve ) and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park . The Madre de Dios serves as the largest watershed in the area, as part of
40-588: The Manu River. Around two thousand Toyeri natives were massacred by Fitzcarrald's enterprise around 1895 at a location known as El Mirador Grande. Andrew Gray stated that "the use of machine guns caused death on a scale never witnessed in the Peruvian Amazon before." Gray estimated that between 1894 and 1914 the Araseri and Toyeri populations were reduced by 95 percent. Some of the surviving Araseri and Toyeri fled towards
48-628: The Sapiteri demographic became endangered due to smallpox and influenza outbreaks that occurred post contact with the Dominican missionaries. Madre de Dios River The Madre de Dios River ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaðɾe ðe ðjos] ) is a river shared by Bolivia and Peru which is homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through. On Bolivian territory, it receives the Beni River , close to
56-592: The headwaters of the Madre de Dios: this led to a shortage of resources in the headwaters and a great conflict between the Arakmbut and the new migrants. When the Harakmbut were first contacted by members of the Dominican Order in 1940, they numbered 30,000. The development of a road from Cusco into the Madre de Dios coincided with a smallpox epidemic in 1948 which decimated the Huachipaeri population. Andrew Gray stated that
64-616: The town of Riberalta , which later joins with the Mamore River to become the Madeira River after the confluence. The Madeira is a tributary to the Amazon River . The Madre de Dios is an important waterway for the department of Madre de Dios , particularly Puerto Maldonado , the largest town in the area, and the capital of the department. Mango farming and gold mining are among the many industries on its banks. Other important industries
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