Indigenous people of Costa Rica

E324739

ethnic group collection indigenous peoples

The Indigenous people of Costa Rica are the original inhabitants of the region, comprising several distinct ethnic groups with their own languages, territories, and cultural traditions that predate Spanish colonization.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Indigenous people of Costa Rica canonical	1
Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group collection ⓘ indigenous peoples ⓘ
artForm	Boruca mask carving ⓘ basketry ⓘ ceramics ⓘ weaving and textile production ⓘ
colonialHistory	subjected to Spanish colonization ⓘ
colonialImpact	population decline due to disease and forced labor ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Costa Rica ⓘ
culturalPractice	communal land tenure traditions ⓘ oral transmission of myths and legends ⓘ use of traditional medicine and shamans ⓘ
culturalRevitalization	efforts to preserve and revitalize indigenous languages ⓘ promotion of traditional arts and ceremonies ⓘ
educationIssue	limited access to bilingual intercultural education ⓘ
environmentalRole	stewardship of tropical forests and watersheds ⓘ
governance	indigenous development associations (ADIs) ⓘ traditional community councils ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Boruca people ⓘ Bribri ⓘ surface form: Bribri people Cabécar people ⓘ Chorotega ⓘ surface form: Chorotega people Huetar people ⓘ Maleku people ⓘ Ngäbe people NERFINISHED ⓘ Huetar people ⓘ surface form: Térraba people
healthIssue	higher poverty and health disparities compared to national average ⓘ
landRights	recognized indigenous territories ⓘ
landRightsIssue	conflicts over demarcation and restitution ⓘ land invasions by non-indigenous settlers ⓘ
language	Boruca language ⓘ Bribri ⓘ surface form: Bribri language Cabécar language ⓘ Chorotega language (extinct) ⓘ Huetar language (extinct) ⓘ Maleku Jaíka language ⓘ Ngäbere language ⓘ Teribe language ⓘ
languageFamily	Chibchan languages ⓘ Misumalpan languages ⓘ Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
legalInstrument	Indigenous Law of Costa Rica (Ley Indígena 6172) ⓘ
legalStatus	recognized as indigenous peoples by the state of Costa Rica ⓘ
migration	some seasonal migration for agricultural labor ⓘ
partOf	indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of Central America indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas
populationShare	about 2.4% of Costa Rica population ⓘ
preColonialInhabitantsOf	Costa Rica ⓘ
region	Central America ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism (syncretic) ⓘ indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
rightsFramework	protected under Costa Rican Constitution ⓘ protected under ILO Convention 169 ⓘ protected under UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ⓘ
traditionalCrops	beans ⓘ cacao ⓘ maize ⓘ plantain ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	gathering of forest products ⓘ hunting and fishing ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing	wood and thatch structures ⓘ

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

Ngäbe people → recognizedAs → Indigenous people of Costa Rica ⓘ

Costa Ricans → ethnicMinorities → Indigenous people of Costa Rica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica