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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 , Axluslay, Chulupí, and Nivaklé people.


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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