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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Huachipaire of Peru

The Huachipaire of Peru, numbering approximately 2,100 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Harakmbut subgroup of Peru's Madre de Dios region regarding the forest as the origin of life, decimated by a 1948 smallpox epidemic that followed a new Cusco road, whose Eshuva sung prayers are recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage. They mostly adhere to Animism and Huachipaeri is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Huachipaeri (hug)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 2,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017535
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Huachipaeri
Language Family: Harakmbut

15%
%
Huachipaeri Speakers

Media Resources in Huachipaeri:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Huachipaeri:

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Huachipaire:
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Pray specifically for the Huachipaire of Peru

For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
readPsalm 97:9

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will recognize the Lord as the Most High and turn from spiritual darkness to worship Him above all else.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
readIsaiah 30:21

As the lost in this people group seek to know the truth of who God is, pray that the Spirit of God will draw them to Himself and guide them in the way they should go.

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
read1 Peter 3:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will always be prepared to share the reason for the hope that they have in Jesus with gentleness and respect.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Huachipaire Across Countries (ROP3 - 103883) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HuachipairePG017535HuachipairePeru2,100Unengaged and UnreachedHuachipaeriAnimism

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