Jibito

The Jibito are an indigenous people of Peru. They first met with the Franciscans monks in 1676 in the forest near the Huallaga River, in what is now Peru's Loreto Province. After their conversion to Catholicism, they settled in villages on the western bank of the river.^[1]

References

^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jibitos". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 414.

Ancestry and ethnicity in Peru

Indigenous

Andean	Aymara Huancas Maina Q'ero Quechuas Uros
Amazonian	Achuar Aguano Aguaruna Amahuaca Asháninka Bora Canelos-Quichua Cashibo Harakmbut Huambisas Jibitos Jíbaro Kichwa-Lamista Machiguenga Matsés (Mayoruna) Quijos-Quichua Sápara Secoya Shipibo-Conibo Urarina Yagua Yanesha

Non-indigenous

European	British Croatian French German Italian Polish Portuguese Spanish
Asian	Chinese Indian Japanese Jews B'nai Moshe Korean
Others	African Arab Mestizo Romani people