The Chácobo are an
indigenous people of Bolivia who number 1,532 in 2012.
They primarily live near the
Ivon y Medio River and
Benicito River in
Beni
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of northeastern
Bolivia. One band also lives near the
Yata River.
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Name
"Chácobo" comes from a neighboring language. Their autonym is Nóʔciria, meaning "We who are truly ourselves." They are also known as the Pacaguara, Pacaguara de Ivon, or Pachuara people.
Language
The
Chácobo language
Chácobo-Pakawara is a Panoan language spoken by about 550 of 860 ethnic tribal Chácobo people of the Beni Department of northwest of Magdalena, Bolivia, and (as of 2004) 17 of 50 Pakawara. Chácobo children are learning the language as a ...
is a
Chákobo language belonging to the
Bolivian Panoan languages, which are part of the greater
Panoan language family. The language is taught in bilingual schools and written in the
Latin script
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History
In the past, Chácobo people lived on the northern shore of
Lake Rogo Aguado and upper reaches of
Rio Yata.
Culture
Chácobo traditionally were nomadic and fished, hunted, and gathered wild plants, with farming only playing a minor part in their lives.
[ In 1845, there were an estimated 300 Chácobo. Their numbers lowered to 170 in 1970, but increased back to 300 by the 1980s.
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Notes
References
* Olson, James Stuart
''The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary.''
Greenwood Publishing Group, 1991. .
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Indigenous peoples in Bolivia
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon