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Anti Languages and the Anti Indian Tribes
"Anti" is an alternate name for the Arawakan Indian tribes of Peru (the Ashaninka, Machiguenga, Nomatsiguenga, Caquinte, and Yanesha.)
It comes from the Incan word anti, meaning "east," because these tribes collectively lived to the east of Incan lands.
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Here are links to our webpages about the Anti Indians and their languages:
Ashaninka
Machiguenga
Caquinte
Yanesha
Arawakan language family
South American tribes
Amazonian culture area
Here are a few good books about the Antis:
Families of the Forest
Ashaninka Stories of Change
Salt of the Mountain: Campa Ashaninka History and Resistance in the Peruvian Jungle
Upper Perené Arawak Narratives of History, Landscape, and Ritual
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