Juris

Juris belongs to the Amazonian interior, where rivers connect forest communities. The Juri, also called Yuri, have been recorded in the country between the Içá and Japurá rivers of northwestern Brazil. Waterways provide routes through the forest, while fishing, gardens and woodland resources support different livelihoods.

Across the wider Amazon basin, Indigenous peoples maintained distinct languages and relationships through kinship and exchange. European expansion brought missions, slaving expeditions and disease, although these pressures affected river districts at different times. Communities responded through movement and changing relationships with their neighbours.