Yabarana (Yaurana)
- 20 pure Yabarana and 34 mixed with Piaroa and Macu (1977 Migliazza). 64 (1975
Gaceta Indigenista).
Location: Venezuela - North central, Nueva Esparta, area of the Manapiare River
basin above the village of San Juan de Manapiare. Amazonas. Northern, Western
Guiana.
Dialects: Curasicana, Wokiare (Uaiquiare, Guayqueri). Distinct from Yabaana
of Brazil.
Status: Nearly extinct.
(From part of the Ethnologue,
13th Edition, Barbara F. Grimes, Editor.
Copyright © 1996, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.)
The Yabarana tribe, one of the smallest indigenous groups with
only 237 members, is in danger of extinction. Government-
condoned ranching in Yabarana territory turned many of the
fields of corn and yucca that members use for subsistence into
grazing ground for cattle. The Yabarana petitioned the courts
and government agencies but were not successful in having the
cattle removed. The plight of the Yabarana is paralleled by numerous
ethnic communities throughout the country who face hardship and even extinction
due to encroaching development.
(Venezuela
Human Rights & Practices, 1993 - Date: January 31, 1994, Author: U.S. Department
of State)
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