The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

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Many peoples with a unique culture in our time are already endangered. Here you will find information about the most original and interesting tribes.

1. The Samburu

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

This tribe lives in north-central Kenya.They are known for their own dialect, traditionalist lifestyle and rituals.

2. Eskimos

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

Indigenous peoples of the highest latitudes of the northern hemisphere. They believe in spirits, live in igloos and speak their own dialect. Less than 170,000 Eskimos remain in the world.

3. Kalam

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

Indigenous tribe of the Papua New Guinea. The Kalam people are living in a village high in the mountains of Simbai. Tribal traditions and habits of Kalam are incredibly interesting.

4. Udege people

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

Udege the native population of the Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai regions in Russia. They speak the Udege language and animal worship. According to the latest data there are less than 1500 Udege people left in Russia.

5. Huli people

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

An indigenous people of Papua New Guinea. The Huli people are proud warriors, famous for their colorful dress and great reverence for birds.

6. Tofa people

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

A Turkic people living in the Irkutsk Oblast in Russia. According to the latest data there are less than 800 Tofa people left.

7. Himba people

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

Nomadic people living in northern Namibia. Their pastoral way of life has not changed since the 16th century.

8. Mansi people

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

An Ugric indigenous people living in Tyumen Oblast in Russia. Mansi speak their own language.

9. Asaro Mudmen

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

The “Mudmen” of Papua New Guinea’s Asaro tribe are those who wear traditional costumes made of mud.

10. Yali people

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

A major tribal group in the Papuan highlands. Yali are known to be dangerous cannibals.

11. Rabari

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

The Rabari people are an ethnic group from region of Gujarat in western India. In the tribe, women are the main ones, men graze cattle.

12. Archi people

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

An ethnic group who live in villages in Southern Dagestan. Their culture is one of the most distinct, they speak their own language. Archi people have a total population of about 1,200.

13. Maori

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

The indigenous people of mainland New Zealand. Maori have their own art, language and interesting mythology.

14. Nivkh people

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

An indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Russian Sakhalin Island. Nivkh people speak their own language. There are less than 4 thousand left.

15. Vanuatu people

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

Melanesian ethnic groups is the indigenous population of the island country of Vanuatu. Vanuatu people are known for their diverse culture.

16. The Enets

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

A Samoyedic ethnic group, that now lives in western Siberia near the Arctic Circle. According to the latest data, there are less than 200 Enets left in Russia.

17. Tibetan people

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

An East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Tibetan people are famous for their own diverse culture and history.

18. The Nenets

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

A Samoyedic ethnic group native to Russian Far North. Еhey have a status of indigenous small-numbered peoples. The Nenets people speak either the Tundra or Forest Nenets languages.

19. The Chukchi

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

An indigenous people inhabiting now only the Chukchi Peninsula, the shores of the Chukchi Sea. They speak their own language. The Chukchi believe in spirits and worship nature.

20. Kets

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

A tribe of Yeniseian speaking people in Siberia. According to the latest data, there are less than 1000 Kets left in Russia.

21. Kazakhs in Mongolia

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

Kazakhs living in Western Mongolia roam from place to place with their herds for hundreds of years.

22. Livs people

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

A small Baltic people that mainly lives in Latvia.

23. Votians

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

A Finnic ethnic group. They speak a disappearing Finnic-Votic language. Less than 100 Votians left.

 24. Gaucho

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

Nomadic Argentine people. They are renown for their horse riding skills.

 25. The Drukpa

The Rarest and Endangered Peoples of the World

One of the Tibeto-Burman tribes. The primary language of Drukpa is Dzongkha. They confess Tibetan Buddhism.


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