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  1. The indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon 
  2. River Basin in South America. The 
  3. majority of the peoples belong to small,
  4. kin-based societies whose traditional
  5. livelihood includes hunting and gathering,
  6. fishing, and shifting cultivation. A wide
  7. range of indigenous languages are spoken.
  8. Their main forests are being destroyed by
  9. mining and ranching.
  10.