Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Matsés or Mayoruna are an indigenous tribe of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon. The tribe’s ancestral lands are currently threatened by illegal logging practices and poaching. These homelands are located between the Javari and Galvez rivers. The Matsés have guarded their lands from both other indigenous tribes and outsider colonials.The approximately 3200 Matsés people speak the Matsés language which belongs to the Panoan language family.