Machiguenga

He traversed a jungle area peopled by the Machiguenga and Asháninka tribes, eventually finding more ruins — but they did not appear promising, and Bingham failed to take them for what they were: Vilcabamba.

Call Him Andean Jones Alvaro Vargas Llosa 2010

He traversed a jungle area peopled by the Machiguenga and Asháninka tribes, eventually finding more ruins — but they did not appear promising, and Bingham failed to take them for what they were: Vilcabamba.

Call Him Andean Jones Alvaro Vargas Llosa 2010

He traversed a jungle area peopled by the Machiguenga and Asháninka tribes, eventually finding more ruins — but they did not appear promising, and Bingham failed to take them for what they were: Vilcabamba.

Call Him Andean Jones Alvaro Vargas Llosa 2010

The park is inhabited by at least four different native groups: the Machiguenga (or Yora), the Mascho-Piro, the Yaminahua and the Amahuaca.

Manu National Park, Peru 2008

The best known and largest ethnic group within the park is the Machiguenga, found throughout the area with the exception of the highlands and upper parts of the Manu river.

Manu National Park, Peru 2008

The Machiguenga tribe, which is the best known, was reported by Ferrero to have a total population of 5,000 people, and by Varese 12,000.

Manu National Park, Peru 2008

But Shinai has translated a U.S.-made documentary about the Achuar's problems into Machiguenga, the language spoken by Indians in southeastern Peru, where a U.S.-backed natural gas project is underway.

Archive 2008-02-01 2008

When loggers near a Shell work site brought gifts to Machiguenga tribesmen, they inadvertently spread influenza and killed many of the natives.

Hunt Family Rushes In 2007

Machiguenga tribespeople in traditional robes, below the Pongo de Mainique, in Peru.

The Gasping Forest Shoumatoff, Alex 2007

These Machiguenga are river people, expert at shooting fish with a bow and arrow.

The Gasping Forest Shoumatoff, Alex 2007