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 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous people
associatedWith Jesuit Missions of Moxos
colonialPowerContact Spanish Empire
continent South America
country Bolivia
culturalRegion Llanos de Moxos
environment floodplain ecosystems
tropical savanna
ethnonymVariant Mojo
Mojos
Moxos
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
languageFamily Arawakan languages
locatedIn Bolivian lowlands
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
neighboringGroup Baure people
Itonama people
Trinitario people
partOf Arawak-speaking peoples
linked to: Arawak

indigenous peoples of Bolivia
politicalStatus indigenous nation within Bolivia
recognizedBy Plurinational State of Bolivia
linked to: Bolivia
region Beni Department
religion Roman Catholicism
traditional indigenous beliefs
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Iténez River basin
Mamoré River basin
linked to: Mamoré River
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moxo language ethnicGroup Moxo people
Moxos hasInhabitant Moxo people
Mojo people ethnonymVariant Moxo people