The Nukak [nɨkãk] people (also Nukak-Makú) live between the Guaviare and Inírida rivers, in the depths of the tropical humid forest, on the fringe of the...

The Nukak language (Nukak Makú: Guaviare) is a language of uncertain classification, perhaps part of the macrofamily Puinave-Maku. It is very closely...

day.[citation needed] A different outcome occurred in Colombia when the Nukak tribe of indigenous people was contacted by an evangelical group. The tribe...

Lepidoblepharis nukak is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Colombia. The specific name, nukak, is in honor...

missionaries interacted with the previously uncontacted Nukak people. Gift-giving led the Nukak to seek contact with settlers nearby. Combined with encroachment...

adoption of agriculture from the Puebloans) Nez Perce Norton tradition Nukak-Makú Ojibwe Oshara tradition Oxbow complex Paiute Paleo-Arctic tradition...

from the aerial roots of banyan trees from the region of Amazonas (Peru). Nukak Makú indigenous tribes have been modelling the roots of these trees from...

indigenous populations of the Americas: Lonchocarpus urucu, used by Shuar and Nukak peoples as a poison for fishing. Deguelia utilis, used in Brazil and Peru...

are used in handicraft to produce containers, such as the quivers of the Nukak people of Colombia [citation needed]. Most famous, perhaps, are the decorative...

based on mutual intelligibility. Nadeb and Kuyawi, Hup and Yahup, and Nukak and Kakwa, however, share 90% of their vocabulary and are mutually intelligible...