Yanesha

The Yanesha inhabit the wooded eastern foothills of the central Peruvian Andes, among the valleys of the Perené and neighbouring rivers. Their communities maintained connections with both the highlands and the Amazonian forest. In 1742 Juan Santos Atahualpa began a revolt against Spanish missionaries and settlers; Yanesha leaders joined Asháninka and other peoples in a movement that drove the missions from much of the central forest.