Moxo people

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The Moxo people are an Indigenous group of the Bolivian lowlands, traditionally living in the Beni region and known for their distinct language, culture, and history of Jesuit mission influence.

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Moxo people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous people
associatedWith Jesuit Missions of Moxos NERFINISHED
colonialPowerContact Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
continent South America
country Bolivia
culturalRegion Llanos de Moxos NERFINISHED
environment floodplain ecosystems
tropical savanna
ethnonymVariant Mojo NERFINISHED
Mojos NERFINISHED
Moxos NERFINISHED
facesIssue land rights conflicts
language endangerment
hasCulturalHeritage indigenous music
mission churches and settlements
oral traditions
ritual dances
hasCulturalPractice Catholic–indigenous syncretism
communal festivals
mission-era music traditions
hasDemographicTrend increasing bilingualism in Spanish
hasEconomicActivity cattle ranching
small-scale farming
historicalInfluence Jesuit missions
historicalProcess Christianization
reduction into missions
language Moxo language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Arawakan languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn Bolivian lowlands NERFINISHED
neighboringGroup Baure people NERFINISHED
Itonama people NERFINISHED
Trinitario people NERFINISHED
partOf Arawak-speaking peoples NERFINISHED
indigenous peoples of Bolivia
politicalStatus indigenous nation within Bolivia
recognizedBy Plurinational State of Bolivia NERFINISHED
region Beni Department NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
traditional indigenous beliefs
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Iténez River basin NERFINISHED
Mamoré River basin NERFINISHED
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Moxo language ethnicGroup Moxo people