CAMPA INDIANS IN PERU

THE CAMPA INDIANS LIVE PRIMARILY IN THE EASTERN POPULATION OF THE PERUVIAN ANDES. JUST OVER 200 OF THEM LIVE IN BRAZIL. THEIR POPULATION RANGES FROM 14000 TO MORE THAN 40,000 FOLKS. THEY SPEAK LIKE ARAWAK. THEY HAVE SEVEN MAJOR CAMPAS GROUPS. THEY DID NOT GET ALONG WITH THE EUROPEANS. IN THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY THEY REBELLED AGAINST THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES.

BY 1735 THEY BUILT 38 MISSIONS WHERE 8000 INDIANS LIVED. IN 1742 THE CAMPA REBELLION AROSE. THIS HOSTILITY CONTINUED FOR OVER 100 YEARS. ANGLOS CAME IN THE RUBBER BOOM OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND THE CAMPA WERE FORCED TO WORK WITH THEM. THEY GOT MASSIVE EPIDEMICS AND MANY DIED. THE PERUVIAN CORPORATION DECIDED TO HAVE THEM WORK FOR THEIR LIVING.

A SUBGROUP OF THE CAMPO ARE CALLED ASHANNINCA WHO LIVE IN THE JUNGLE AT AN ELEVATION OF 300 TO 1800 METERS. THE ESTIMATED POPULATION WAS IN 1975 15 TO 18,000. THEY ARE TRADITIONALLY AGAINST THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES. BY 1735 THEY BUILT MISSIONS AGAINST THE FRANCISCANS MISSIONARIES.

BY 1735 THEY BUILT 38 MISSIONS WHERE 8000 LIVED. IN 1742 THE CAMPO REBELLION AROSE. THIS HOSTILITY CONTINUED FOR OVER 100 YEARS. ANGLOS CAME IN THE RUBBER BOOM OF THE
20TH CENTURY AND THE CAMPA WERE FORCED TO WORK WITH THEM. THEY GOT MASSIVE EPIDEMICS AND MANY DIED.

A SUBGROUP OF THE THE CAMPO ARE CALLED ASHANINEA WHO LIVE IN THE JUNGLES. SMALL GROUPS. MANY NOW USE SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE. THEY HAVE INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP. IN CULTIVATING MAIZE, RICE,BEANS, COFFEE, AND CITRUS FRUITS, THEY WORK IN LUMBER ING AND HUNT ANIMAL SKINS. AN INTEGRAL OF THEIR ECONOMY IS THEIR SYSTEM OF TRADING PARTNERS. THEY HAVE 30 BILIGUAL SCHOOLS AND SOME MECHNICS.

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