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Yine people

Indigenous people in Peru

Field	Value
group	Yine
popplace	Peru
image	Fishing Party of Chontaquiros Indians.png
image_caption	Piro Indians fishing in 1869
total	4000–5000
total_year	2000
total_ref
rels	Christianity
langs	Yine, Asháninka, Machiguenga, Spanish, Quechua
related	Machinere

The Yine (also Piro) are an indigenous people in Peru. In the Cusco, Loreto, and Ucayali Departments, they live along the Urubamba River. They live along the Madre de Dios River in the Madre de Dios Department.

Name

Besides Yine, they are also called Chontaquiro, Contaquiro, Pira, Piro, Pirro, Simiranch, and Simirinche.

Economy and subsistence

Yine people farm, fish, and raise livestock, particularly cattle. They also work in the lumber industry.

Language

Yine people speak the Yine language, which is a Piro language and part of the Southern Maipuran language family. It is written in the Latin script. Over half of the Yine people have a basic literacy rate.

“The boss of the expedition and his Piros”, photograph circa 1903.

“Piros sailing the Pachitea River”, photograph circa 1901.

Notes

References

[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=swx "Ticuna."] ''Ethnologue.'' Retrieved 19 Feb 2012.
They traditionally used [[swidden]] agriculture to grow [[Cassava. yuca]]. [[Oxfam]] helped the Yine to secure ownership rights to their traditional farmlands and to develop sustainable farming practices. They grow several varieties of yuca today, as well as medicine plants, such as [[sangre de grado]] (''[[Croton lechleri]]'').Gelbspan, Thea. [http://www.oxfam.org/node/1275 "Community gardens help anchor indigenous villages in Peru."] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-10 ''Oxfam International.'' Jan 2007. Retrieved 19 Feb 2012.)

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