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10-12th GR: Las comunidades indígenas en Latinoamérica: Indigeneity: Central & South America

Recursos sugeridos

South America search - you may further limit you search by specific country.

Topics selected last year

INDIGENOUS GROUPS BY THEIR NAME:

Purépecha

Mapuche

Yuma, Yuman,  Quechan

Taíno

SELECTED GROUPS BY LOCATION IN CURRENT COUNTRIES:

From Chile:

From Mexico:  (all in  EWC )

From Bolivia:

  • Chiquitano   in EWC
  • Mojeño  , Baure  , Maure, Moxa, Chiquimitica   in EWC
  • Guaraní, Tapiete   in EWC
  • Quechua in EWC

From Perú:

  • Quechua  in EWC
  • Wampis Nation  
    • possibly "Jivaro" in EWC ?
    • website https://www.iwgia.org/en/peru/3265-wampis-nation-peru

From Bolivia:

  • Guarayu,  in EWC 
  • Chiquitano   in EWC  
  • Mojeño, Baure  in EWC 

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Presentation / selected topics:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16hoBVwrUVMWLHcptBJcGS-cxfgN85RVscOih8mcO0V8/edit#slide=id.g2190385dc73_0_0

When searching for specific group names you should consider the following:

Variations of a particular group's name:

  • Exonym / autonym - a name or identification that a group gives to themselves.

  • Endonym /xenonym - a name or identification given to a group by outsiders

  • Variations due to translations from other languages, or language within the particular current political location

The group may be a sub-group of a larger community.

 

 

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