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The Wampis are an indigenous group of people living in Peru.They speak the Wampis language which is part of the Huambisa language group. The Wampis have formed the first Autonomous Indigenous Government in Peru.

Demographics
There are around 10,613 people who make up around 100 different Wampis communities in Peru.

Government
The Wampis are part of an autonomous indigenous (or territorial) government (GTA) in Peru. Representatives of constituent communities of the Wampis are called Irunin.

History
In 2009, around 3,000 Awajun and Wampis people blocked an area called Devil's Curve in Bagua Province in order to demand the repeal of decrees that would threaten native lands and resources.

The Wampis community formed the first Peruvian Autonomous Indigenous Goverment (GTA) on November 29, 2015. The creation of the GTA will help protect 1.3 million hectares of land considered to be ancestral territory for the Wampis.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/peru-indigenous-tribe-amazon-protect-land-oil-drilling-land-a7716321.html

http://www.forestpeoples.org/region/peru/news/2017/05/wampis-people-notify-peruvian-government-formation-their-autonomous-governm

http://www.globalresearch.ca/wampis-nation-of-peruvian-amazon-declares-creation-of-first-autonomous-indigenous-government-in-peru/5492400

http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/30869675/FULL_TEXT_ESE_Working_Paper_NEW.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1497734729&Signature=WsQCRO4vYJKY3LkRXXTenZjgVZE%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DMoon_Sun_Desert_Sea._Knowledge_of_Space.pdf#page=66

https://documentacao.socioambiental.org/noticias/anexo_noticia//6819_20091119_172342.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Roger_Acuna/publication/272391156_The_politics_of_extractive_governance_Indigenous_peoples_and_socio-environmental_conflicts/links/55634c5c08ae9963a11e56b3.pdf