Salitre Indigenous Territory

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Salitre Indigenous Territory is an autonomous Bribri indigenous reserve in southern Costa Rica, known for its traditional culture, communal land tenure, and ongoing struggles for land rights and self-determination.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bribri indigenous reserve
autonomous territory
indigenous territory
aim control over natural resources
defense of territorial integrity
preservation of Bribri identity
country Costa Rica
culturalPractice Bribri clan-based social organization
Bribri oral tradition
Bribri spiritual ceremonies
traditional Bribri medicine
environment riverine landscapes
tropical forest ecosystem
ethnicGroup Bribri NERFINISHED
governanceModel community assemblies
customary Bribri law
governedBy Bribri traditional authorities NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic autonomous self-governance
collective land ownership
communal land tenure
defense of indigenous land rights
struggles for self-determination
traditional Bribri culture
hasMovement Bribri land recovery processes
hasOfficialLanguage Bribri language NERFINISHED
Spanish language
hasOrganization Bribri community councils NERFINISHED
inhabitedBy Bribri people NERFINISHED
landTenureSystem collective ownership by Bribri community
landUse forest conservation
small-scale cattle ranching
subsistence agriculture
traditional agroforestry
legalStatus indigenous reserve under Costa Rican law
locatedIn southern Costa Rica
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Buenos Aires canton NERFINISHED
Puntarenas province NERFINISHED
partOf indigenous territories of Costa Rica
protectedBy International Labour Organization Convention 169 NERFINISHED
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Government of Costa Rica NERFINISHED
right right to collective land ownership
right to cultural preservation
right to self-determination
subjectOf human rights reports on indigenous land rights
land conflicts with non-indigenous settlers
national and international solidarity campaigns
threatenedBy land invasions by non-indigenous farmers
violence against Bribri land defenders

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Bribri populationCenter Salitre Indigenous Territory