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Peoples of the world

UN-style fact sheets: identity, demography, territory, livelihoods, legal recognition, threats and resilience. Population figures are ranges from multiple sources; self-identification prevails.

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Fulɓe (Peuls / Fulani)

Africa · Sahel & West Africa (15+ countries)
PastoralistRecognized · ACHPRSelf-identified

Semi-nomadic cattle pastoralists of East Africa, at the center of major land-rights struggles including Loliondo.

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Amazigh (Imazighen)

Africa · Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
State-recognizedSelf-identified

Indigenous people of North Africa; Tamazight gained official-language status in Morocco (2011) and Algeria (2016).

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ɔl Maasai

Maasai

Africa · Kenya, Tanzania
PastoralistRecognized · ACHPRSelf-identified

Semi-nomadic cattle pastoralists of East Africa, at the center of major land-rights struggles including Loliondo.

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Kel Tamasheq

Americas · Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Burkina Faso

Semi-nomadic cattle pastoralists of East Africa, at the center of major land-rights struggles including Loliondo.

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San / Basarwa

San

Africa · Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
Recognized · ACHPRSelf-identified

Among the oldest continuous cultures on Earth; hunter-gatherer heritage of southern Africa.

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Sápmi

Sámi

Arctic & Europe · Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia
PastoralistState-recognizedSelf-identified

Reindeer-herding people of the European Arctic, with their own elected parliaments in three countries.

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Runakuna

Quechua

Americas · Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
State-recognizedSelf-identified

Heirs of the Andean civilizations; llama and alpaca herding remains central to highland livelihoods.

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Inuit

Americas · Canada, Greenland, Alaska (USA), Chukotka

Semi-nomadic cattle pastoralists of East Africa, at the center of major land-rights struggles including Loliondo.

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