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What native american tribe lived in paita?

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I know there were several tribes in Peru, but I want to know what tribe or tribes lived in paita.

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  1. the pygmy tribe known as the wherethehellarewe tribe that often got lost in the long grass are the only ones i know of, they got there name from jumping up and down attempting to get higher than the long grass shouting....... wherethehellarewe?


  2. the paitans

  3. The Indians are in great part descendants of the various tribes organized under the rule of the Incas at the time of the Spanish conquest. There are two distinct general types - the coast tribes occupying the fertile river valleys, who are employed on the plantations, in domestic service in the cities, or in small industries of their own, no longer numerous; and the sierra tribes, who are agriculturists, miners, stock-breeders and packers, still comparatively numerous. In addition to these are the tribes of wild Indians of the montana region, or eastern forests, who were never under Inca rule and are still practically independent. Their number is estimated at 150,000 to 300,000, divided into 112 tribes, and differing widely in habits, customs and material condition. Some live in settled communities and roughly cultivate the soil. Others are hunters and fishermen and are nomadic in habit. Others are intractable forest tribes, having no relations with the whites. The sierra or upland Indians, the most numerous and strongest type, belong largely to the Quichua and Aymara. families, the former inhabiting the regions northward of Cuzo, and the latter occupying the Titicaca basin and the sierras of Bolivia. These Indians are generally described as Cholos, a name sometimes mistakenly applied to the mestizos, while the tribes of the eastern forests are called Chunchos, barbaros, or simply Indians. The Cholos may be roughly estimated at about 1,800,000 and form by far the larger part of the sierra population. Practically all the industries and occupations of this extensive region depend upon them for labourers and servant

  4. The Paiute, which are also related to the Shoshone, and are considered Northern and Southern Aztecs...

  5. Inca, or Inka people

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