Paya people

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The Paya people are an indigenous group of northeastern Honduras, known for their distinct language and culture and for resisting Spanish colonial expansion in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous people
affectedBy deforestation in northeastern Honduras
missionary activity
alsoKnownAs Pech
Pech people
colonialEncounterWith Spanish Empire
continent North America
country Honduras
culturalRegion Colón Department
Gracias a Dios Department
Mosquito Coast region
linked to: Mosquito Coast

Olancho Department
currentReligions Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
engagedIn cultural revitalization efforts
ethnolinguisticGroup Paya
hasDistinctCulture true
hasOralTradition myths and legends about forest spirits
historicalPeriodOfResistance Spanish colonial era
indigenousTo Honduras
language Paya language
linked to: Payaya language
languageStatus endangered
locatedIn northeastern Honduras
nativeNameLanguage Pech language
partOf indigenous peoples of Honduras
populationTrend declining
primaryCountryOfResidence Honduras
recognizedAsIndigenousGroupBy Government of Honduras
region Central America
resisted Spanish colonial expansion
socialOrganization extended family groups
subjectOf ethnographic studies in Honduras
traditionalCrafts basketry
textile production
woodworking
traditionalCrops beans
cassava
maize
plantains
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture
traditionalHousing thatched roofs
wooden houses
traditionalReligion animism
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
shifting agriculture
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet (for modern documentation)

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