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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mocoví canonical 2
pueblo mocoví 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
language
affectedBy Argentine expansion into the Chaco
alternativeName Mocovíes
Moqoit people
continent South America
country Argentina
culturalPractice oral tradition
ritual dances
shamanism
traditional music
ethnonym Mocoví people
hasAutonym Moqoit
historicalEvent Jesuit missionization in the 18th century
historicalInteraction Spanish Empire
historicalRegion Spanish colonial Chaco
indigenousTo Gran Chaco
language Mocoví language
languageFamily Guaicuruan languages
Guaicuruan languages
modernSettlementPattern rural communities
urban peripheries in northern Argentina
nativeName Moqoit
officialRecognition recognized as Indigenous people in Argentine law
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Gran Chaco
linked to: Terena people
populationStatus minority group in Argentina
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Argentina
region Chaco Province
Gran Chaco
Santa Fe Province
Santiago del Estero Province
relatedEthnicGroup Abipón
Pilagá
Toba (Qom)
linked to: Qom (Toba)
religion 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Provincia del Chaco hasIndigenousPeople pueblo mocoví
linked to: Mocoví