South American Indigenous people

The following is a list of indigenous peoples of South America. These include the peoples living in South American in the pre-Columbian era and the historical and contemporary descendents of those peoples.

The Circum-Caribbean cultural area was defined by anthropologist Julian Steward, who edited the Handbook of South American Indians. It spans indigenous peoples in the Caribbean, Central American, and northern South America, the latter of which is listed here.

The Colombia and Venezuela culture area includes most of Colombia and Venezuela. Southern Colombia is in the Andean culture area, as are some peoples of central and northeastern Colombia, who are surrounded by peoples of the Colombia and Venezuela culture. Eastern Venezuela is in the Guianas culture area, and southeastern Colombia and southwestern Venezuela are in the Amazonia culture area.

This region includes northern parts Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and parts of the Amazonas, Amapá, Pará, and Roraima States in Brazil.

This region includes parts of the Ceará, Goiás, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, and Santa Catarina states of Brazil

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