Cavineño people

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The Cavineño people are an Indigenous group of the Bolivian Amazon, traditionally living along rivers in northern Bolivia with a culture centered on subsistence agriculture, fishing, and forest resources.

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instanceOf Indigenous people
affectedBy rubber boom in Amazonia
continent South America
country Bolivia
countrySubdivision Beni Department NERFINISHED
Pando Department NERFINISHED
hasCollectiveLandTitle Tierra Comunitaria de Origen (TCO) NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice communal work in agriculture
river-based transportation
hasTraditionalHousing palm-thatch roofs
wooden houses
indigenousTo Bolivian Amazon NERFINISHED
language Cavineña language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Tacanan languages NERFINISHED
locatedAlong Beni River NERFINISHED
Madre de Dios River NERFINISHED
Orthon River NERFINISHED
mainSubsistenceActivity fishing
hunting
small-scale farming
partOf Indigenous peoples of Bolivia NERFINISHED
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin NERFINISHED
populationEstimate a few thousand people
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy Plurinational State of Bolivia NERFINISHED
region Bolivian Amazon NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
traditional indigenous beliefs
threatenedBy deforestation
land conflicts
loss of traditional language
traditionalCrops maize
manioc
plantains
rice
traditionalEconomicActivity fishing
subsistence agriculture
use of forest resources
traditionalHabitat riverine environment
traditionalTerritory northern Bolivia
usesFishingTechnique hooks
nets
traditional fish poisons
usesForestFor construction materials
food gathering
medicinal plants

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Beni Department hasEthnicGroups Cavineño people