Life of Peru`s Largest Amazon Indigenous Group

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Ashaninka Indian children wade in the natural hot springs in Kitamaronkani, Pichari district, Peru. Their world has rarely been peaceful. During Perus 1980-2000 internal conflict, Shining Path rebels overran their lands and slaughtered them wholesale. AP/Rodrigo Abd

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Otari, one of 350 Ashaninka communities, lies in the Apurimac river valley, the No. 1 coca-producing valley in the world. Most inhabitants grow coca and chew it as their ancestors have. But they also resist efforts to fell their forests to plant coca for commercial use. AP/Rodrigo Abd

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Ashaninka Indian girls walk through a forest path as they return to their village after shopping in the nearby village Kimkibiri Baja, Peru. The Ashaninka are the largest indigenous group in Perus sparsely populated Amazon region. AP/Rodrigo Abd

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Ashaninka Indian Antonia Ayeque stands outside her house in Kitamaronkani, Pichari district, Peru. The people subsist largely on manioc, a diet they supplement with fish and wild rodents known as pacas. AP/Rodrigo Abd

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The Ashaninka are the largest indigenous group in Perus sparsely populated Amazon region but still account for less than 1 percent of the South American countrys 30 million people. The people subsist largely on yuca, a diet they supplement with fish and wild rodents known as pacas. AP

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Ashaninka Indian Antonia Amadeo and her daughter Lourdes felled trees to make room for planting yuca, near Kitamaronkani, Pichari district, Peru. According to 2011 Health Ministry figures, nearly half the children suffer from malnutrition. AP/Rodrigo Abd

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