The Nivaclé are an
Indigenous people of the Gran Chaco. An estimated 13,700 Nivaclé people live in the
President Hayes and
Boquerón Departments in Paraguay, while approximately 200 Nivaclé people live in the
Salta Province
Salta () is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa Province, Formosa, Chaco Province, Chaco, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Es ...
of Argentina.
[ A very small number of Nivaclé live in Tarija, Bolivia.
In the last 50 years, 15,000 ]Mennonite
Mennonites are a group of Anabaptism, Anabaptist Christianity, Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Radical Reformation. The name ''Mennonites'' is derived from the cleric Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland, part of ...
s from Canada, Russia, and Germany have settled in traditional Nivaclé territory.[
]
Groups
They have five subgroups, which are as follows:
* Tovoc Lhavos, river people: Chishamnee Lhavos, people from above
* Tovoc Lhavos, river people: Shichaam Lhavos, people from below
* Yita' Lhavos, forest people; this group is also known as C’utjaan Lhavos ‘people of the thorns’)
* Jotoi Lhavos, people of the esparto grass
* Tavashai Lhavos, people of the savanna.["Nivaclé - Orientation."]
''Countries and Their Cultures.'' Retrieved 3 August 2012.
Name
Nivaclé is an autonym, meaning "human."[ They are also known as the Ashlushlay ,][
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Language
They speak the Nivaclé language, which has two dialects: Forest Nivaclé and River Nivaclé. Nivaclé is one of the Mataco-Guaicuru languages. A dictionary has been published for the language, and the Bible was translated into Nivaclé in 1995.[
]
External links
''Hombre de Guerra,''
documentary
Notes
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Indigenous peoples in Argentina
Indigenous peoples in Bolivia
Indigenous peoples in Paraguay
Indigenous peoples of the Gran Chaco