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South American nomad
Distribution of aboriginal South American and circum-Caribbean cultural groups.
The Guahibo and Chiricoa are distinct from the North American Chiricahua people; the former are Indigenous groups of the South American savannas, while the latter are an Apache division.12
The Guahibo and Chiricoa were traditionally organized into bands, which served as their largest unit of social organization. These bands were led by a hereditary leader. As nomadic hunters and gatherers, they remained constantly on the move to sustain their lifestyle, rarely staying in a single camp for more than two or three days.1