Paya people

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The Paya people are an indigenous group of northeastern Honduras, known for their distinct language and culture and for resisting Spanish colonial expansion in the region.

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Paya people canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy deforestation in northeastern Honduras ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pech ⓘ
Pech people ⓘ
colonialEncounterWith Spanish Empire ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Honduras ⓘ
culturalRegion Colón Department ⓘ
Gracias a Dios Department ⓘ
Mosquito Coast region ⓘ
linked to: Mosquito Coast

Olancho Department ⓘ
currentReligions Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
engagedIn cultural revitalization efforts ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Paya ⓘ
hasDistinctCulture true ⓘ
hasOralTradition myths and legends about forest spirits ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfResistance Spanish colonial era ⓘ
indigenousTo Honduras ⓘ
language Paya language ⓘ
linked to: Payaya language
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Honduras ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Pech language ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of Honduras ⓘ
populationTrend declining ⓘ
primaryCountryOfResidence Honduras ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousGroupBy Government of Honduras ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
resisted Spanish colonial expansion ⓘ
socialOrganization extended family groups ⓘ
subjectOf ethnographic studies in Honduras ⓘ
traditionalCrafts basketry ⓘ
textile production ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
plantains ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched roofs ⓘ
wooden houses ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting agriculture ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet (for modern documentation) ⓘ

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