Sirionó people
E150560
The Sirionó people are an Indigenous group of the Bolivian lowlands, traditionally semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers with their own distinct language and cultural practices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sirionó people canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
deforestation
ⓘ
diseases introduced after European contact ⓘ land encroachment ⓘ missionization ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Bolivia ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
communal sharing of food
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual ceremonies ⓘ shamanism ⓘ |
| currentChallenges |
cultural assimilation pressures
ⓘ
language endangerment ⓘ loss of traditional territory ⓘ |
| documentedBy | anthropologist Allan R. Holmberg ⓘ |
| hasAutonym | Mbia Chee ⓘ |
| hasEthnonym |
Mbya Sirionó
ⓘ
Sirionó ⓘ |
| historicalPopulationTrend | population decline after European contact ⓘ |
| language | Sirionó language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Tupian languages
ⓘ
Tupi–Guaraní ⓘ
surface form:
Tupí-Guaraní languages
|
| notableStudy | Holmberg’s 1950 ethnography "Nomads of the Long Bow" ⓘ |
| partOf |
Xingu peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin
Indigenous peoples of the Gran Chaco region ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Indigenous people of Bolivia ⓘ |
| region | Bolivian lowlands ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Guarani peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Guaraní people
Yuqui people ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional Indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
egalitarian social structure
ⓘ
small kin-based bands ⓘ |
| subjectOf | anthropological debates on cultural evolutionism ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
ⓘ
foraging ⓘ hunting ⓘ small-scale horticulture ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | communal houses ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | semi-nomadic ⓘ |
| traditionalMobilityPattern | seasonal migration ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence | hunter-gatherers ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritoryType |
savanna
ⓘ
tropical forest ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.