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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Cashibo of Peru

The Cashibo of Peru, numbering approximately 7,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a Panoan-speaking group of Amerindians in Peru They are an Indigenous people, with Cashibo as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. They mostly adhere to Animism and Cashibo-Cacataibo is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Cashibo

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Cashibo-Cacataibo (cbr)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 7,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017513
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

85%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Cashibo-Cacataibo
Language Family: Pano-Tacanan

100%
%
Kakataibo-Kashibo Speakers

Media Resources in Cashibo-Cacataibo:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Cashibo-Cacataibo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1978/1995 The Bible League✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Cashibo-Cacataibo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Cashibo are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Cashibo:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Cashibo of Peru

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
readJohn 16:33

Pray that those who don't have peace with God will find peace in Christ, even amid the troubles of this world.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
readPsalm 25:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the merciful nature and steadfast love of God as they walk with Him daily.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Cashibo Across Countries (ROP3 - 101892) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
CashiboPG017513CashiboPeru7,100No Longer UnreachedCashibo-CacataiboAnimism

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