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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
autonym Yuracaré NERFINISHED
bilingualismCommonWith Spanish NERFINISHED
continent South America
cosmologyLinkedTo forests
rivers
country Bolivia
countryAdministrativeDivision Beni Department NERFINISHED
Cochabamba Department NERFINISHED
countryGovernmentRecognitionType Indigenous nation or people
countryOfficialLanguage Spanish
culturalPracticesLinkedTo forest ecology
riverine ecology
environment forest environments
riverine environments
ethnolinguisticGroup Yuracaré people NERFINISHED
hasCollectiveLandClaims true
hasDistinctCulture true
hasOralTradition true
language Yuracaré language NERFINISHED
languageFamily language isolate
languageStatus endangered
languageWritingSystem Latin alphabet (for modern documentation)
locatedAlong Chapare River NERFINISHED
Ichilo River NERFINISHED
Mamore River NERFINISHED
populationStatus small population
primaryEconomicActivities fishing
gathering
hunting
small-scale agriculture
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn Bolivia NERFINISHED
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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