Huni-Kuin means “True or Real Human”, a name which appropriately describes the pure nature and heart of the people.
For millennia, the Huni-Kuin have lived in harmony with the Planet in the Amazon Rain Forest that holds Earth’s greatest biodiversity.
In this abundant habitat, the ancestors harnessed a culture and worldview of great spiritual wisdom, while developing advanced healing technologies.
Guided by the collective power of the heart, the entire culture is deeply connected to the rainforest’s ecosystem. It brings forward profound wisdom around the healing power of plants, the fostering of harmonious social cohesion, as well as a language developed with tones and sounds that echo the rainforest’s spirit which is carried on sacred winds of the surrounding eco-system.
The majority of the Huni-Kuin nation is located on Brazilian lands in the Amazon rainforest, however their territory extends to the foot of the Andes in eastern Peru. The Huni-Kuin are the largest indigenous population in the Brazilian state of Acre, currently living in twelve territories along seven rivers: Purus, Envira, Murú, Humaitá, Tarauacá, Breu and Jordão.
The Huni-Kuin are often referred to as the last guardians of the forest and are by nature environmental activists and sacred protectors of the earth and her forests. Their culture, history, and entire existence are intricately dependent on the jungle and its powerful abundance.
Their contact with the western Man happened over a hundred years ago, very violently, initially with enslavement by the rubber barons and later by foreign protestant missionaries that forbid indigenous culture and spirituality.
At the end of the last century, the Huni-Kuin have regained the rights to their lands, drove away the missionaries and since then have been leading a process of cultural and spiritual revival that has crossed national and international boundaries, and today inspires the world.
In 1913 the Purus region itself had 60,000 colonizers. During this time, violence was organized as the rubber extractors were not only clearing rubber trails, but were employed to remove indigenous population as well. The rubber tappers brought years of disease, genocide, and land encroachment.
Despite years of persecution, The Huni-Kuin’s ancient traditions and sacred rituals have triumphed and to this day they continue to pray to the spirit of the forest for global healing and transformation.
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