Moxo people

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The Moxo people are an Indigenous group of the Bolivian lowlands, traditionally living in the Beni region and known for their distinct language, culture, and history of Jesuit mission influence.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Moxo people canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWith Jesuit Missions of Moxos ⓘ
colonialPowerContact Spanish Empire ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
culturalRegion Llanos de Moxos ⓘ
environment floodplain ecosystems ⓘ
tropical savanna ⓘ
ethnonymVariant Mojo ⓘ
Mojos ⓘ
Moxos ⓘ
facesIssue land rights conflicts ⓘ
language endangerment ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage indigenous music ⓘ
mission churches and settlements ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice Catholic–indigenous syncretism ⓘ
communal festivals ⓘ
mission-era music traditions ⓘ
hasDemographicTrend increasing bilingualism in Spanish ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cattle ranching ⓘ
small-scale farming ⓘ
historicalInfluence Jesuit missions ⓘ
historicalProcess Christianization ⓘ
reduction into missions ⓘ
language Moxo language ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Bolivian lowlands ⓘ
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
neighboringGroup Baure people ⓘ
Itonama people ⓘ
Trinitario people ⓘ
partOf Arawak-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Arawak

indigenous peoples of Bolivia ⓘ
politicalStatus indigenous nation within Bolivia ⓘ
recognizedBy Plurinational State of Bolivia ⓘ
linked to: Bolivia
region Beni Department ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional indigenous beliefs ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Iténez River basin ⓘ
Mamoré River basin ⓘ
linked to: Mamoré River
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moxo language → ethnicGroup → Moxo people ⓘ
Moxos → hasInhabitant → Moxo people ⓘ
Mojo people → ethnonymVariant → Moxo people ⓘ