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Hupda
The Hupda are an Amazonian indigenous people who live in Brazil and Colombia.
Residence and neighbors
The Hupda people live in the region bordered by the rivers Tiquie and Papuri, tributaries joining the left hand bank of the river Uaupes in the Upper Rio Negro region of the state of Amazonas in Brazil and the departament of Vaupes in Colombia. They are known as being part of the Maku linguistic family and have been in contact with the frontiers of colonization since the 18th century; there are records of countless epidemics of measles, smallpox and influenza which decimated the population. ...
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