Mocoví

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The Mocoví are an Indigenous people of the Gran Chaco region in Argentina, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical presence in what is now Chaco Province and surrounding areas.

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Mocoví canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
language
affectedBy Argentine expansion into the Chaco
alternativeName Mocovíes NERFINISHED
Moqoit people NERFINISHED
continent South America
country Argentina
culturalPractice oral tradition
ritual dances
shamanism
traditional music
ethnonym Mocoví people NERFINISHED
hasAutonym Moqoit NERFINISHED
historicalEvent Jesuit missionization in the 18th century
historicalInteraction Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Spanish colonial Chaco NERFINISHED
indigenousTo Gran Chaco NERFINISHED
language Mocoví language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Guaicuruan languages NERFINISHED
Guaicuruan languages NERFINISHED
modernSettlementPattern rural communities
urban peripheries in northern Argentina
nativeName Moqoit NERFINISHED
officialRecognition recognized as Indigenous people in Argentine law
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Gran Chaco NERFINISHED
populationStatus minority group in Argentina
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Argentina
region Chaco Province NERFINISHED
Gran Chaco NERFINISHED
Santa Fe Province NERFINISHED
Santiago del Estero Province NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Abipón NERFINISHED
Pilagá NERFINISHED
Toba (Qom) NERFINISHED
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
traditional animist beliefs
rightsIssue cultural preservation
land rights
language revitalization
traditionalEconomy fishing
hunting and gathering
small-scale agriculture
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalTerritory central and southern Gran Chaco
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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