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 of northeastern
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
. 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 is a
Chákobo language belonging to the
Bolivian Panoan languages, which are part of the greater
Panoan language
Panoan (also Pánoan, Panoano, Panoana, Páno) is a family of languages spoken in western Brazil, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia. It is possibly a branch of a larger Pano–Tacanan family.
Genetic relations
The Panoan family is generally be ...
family. The language is taught in bilingual schools and written in the
Latin script
The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia. The Gree ...
.
["Chácobo."]
''Ethnologue.'' Retrieved 26 Nov 2013.
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.
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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