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.

All labels observed (2)

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Cavineña people 2
Cavineño people canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
affectedBy rubber boom in Amazonia
continent South America
country Bolivia
countrySubdivision Beni Department
Pando Department
hasCollectiveLandTitle Tierra Comunitaria de Origen (TCO)
hasCulturalPractice communal work in agriculture
river-based transportation
hasTraditionalHousing palm-thatch roofs
wooden houses
indigenousTo Bolivian Amazon
language Cavineña language
languageFamily Tacanan languages
locatedAlong Beni River
Madre de Dios River
Orthon River
mainSubsistenceActivity fishing
hunting
small-scale farming
partOf Indigenous peoples of Bolivia
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
populationEstimate a few thousand people
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy Plurinational State of Bolivia
linked to: Bolivia
region Bolivian Amazon
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beni Department hasEthnicGroups Cavineño people
Cavineña language spokenBy Cavineña people
linked to: Cavineño people
Cavineña language ethnicGroup Cavineña people
linked to: Cavineño people