Yuracaré

E613390

The Yuracaré are an Indigenous people of central Bolivia, traditionally inhabiting tropical lowland forests and maintaining a distinct language and culture closely tied to riverine and forest environments.

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Yuracaré canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
autonym Yuracaré ⓘ
bilingualismCommonWith Spanish ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
cosmologyLinkedTo forests ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
countryAdministrativeDivision Beni Department ⓘ
Cochabamba Department ⓘ
countryGovernmentRecognitionType Indigenous nation or people ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
culturalPracticesLinkedTo forest ecology ⓘ
riverine ecology ⓘ
environment forest environments ⓘ
riverine environments ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Yuracaré people ⓘ
hasCollectiveLandClaims true ⓘ
hasDistinctCulture true ⓘ
hasOralTradition true ⓘ
language Yuracaré language ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
languageWritingSystem Latin alphabet (for modern documentation) ⓘ
locatedAlong Chapare River ⓘ
Ichilo River ⓘ
Mamore River ⓘ
populationStatus small population ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn Bolivia ⓘ
region central Bolivia ⓘ
threatenedBy colonization of lowlands ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
expansion of agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHabitat tropical lowland forests ⓘ
traditionalHousingMaterial palm leaves ⓘ
wood ⓘ
traditionalReligionType animist ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence foraging of wild plants ⓘ
forest hunting ⓘ
river fishing ⓘ
usesCanoes true ⓘ
usesTraditionalKnowledgeFor forest management ⓘ
river resource management ⓘ

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