Indigenous Bolivians
Regions with significant populations
Bolivia Approx. 6,485,853
62% of Bolivia 's population[ 1]
Languages
Quechua , Aymara , Guarani , Spanish , and other Indigenous languages
Religion
Roman Catholicism , Evangelicalism , Irreligion , Native religions
Related ethnic groups
Mestizos in Bolivia , other Quechua , Aymara , Guaraní peoples
Indigenous peoples in Bolivia , or Native Bolivians , are Bolivian people who are of indigenous ancestry. They constitute approximately 62% of Bolivia 's population of 10,461,053[ 2] and belong to 36 recognized ethnic groups. Quechua and Aymara are the largest groups.[ 1] The geography of Bolivia includes the Andes , the Gran Chaco , and the Amazon Rainforest .
Indigenous Bolivians are the majority ethnic group in Bolivia, accounting for 62% of the country's population. An additional 30% of the population is mestizo , having mixed European and indigenous ancestry.[ 2]
Lands collectively held by Indigenous Bolivians are Native Community Lands or Tierras Comunitarias de Origen (TCOs). These lands encompass 11 million hectares ,[ 1] and include communities such as Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area , Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory , Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands , and the Yuki-Ichilo River Native Community Lands .
In 1991, the Bolivian government signed Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 , a major binding international convention protecting indigenous rights . On 7 November 2007, the government passed Law No. 3760 which approved of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples .[ 1]
Precolumbian cultures [ edit ]
Contemporary groups [ edit ]
Araona (Cavina )[ 3]
Aymara , Andes[ 3]
Ayoreo , Gran Chaco[ 3]
Baure , Beni Department [ 3]
Borôro , Santa Cruz Department [ 3]
Callawalla , Andes[ 3]
Canichana (Kanichana ), lowlands[ 3]
Cavineña , north Bolivia[ 3]
Cayubaba (Cayuvava , Cayuwaba ), Beni Department[ 3]
Chácobo , northwest Beni Department[ 3]
Chané (Izoceño ), Santa Cruz Department
Chipaya (Puquina ), Oruro Department [ 3]
Chiquitano (Chiquito , Tarapecosi ), Santa Cruz Department[ 3]
Ese Ejja (Ese Exa , Huarayo , Tiatinagua ), northwest Bolivia[ 3]
Guaraní [ 3]
Guarayu [ 3]
Guató
Ignaciano (Moxo ), Beni[ 3]
Itene (Iteneo , Itenez ), Beni[ 3]
Itonama (Machoto , Saramo )[ 3]
Kolla
Jorá (Hora )[ 3]
Leco (Rik’a ), east Lake Titicaca [ 3]
Machinere (Maxinéri ), Pando Department [ 3]
Movima , Beni[ 3]
Nivaclé , Ashlushlay , Axluslay , Chulupí , Gran Chaco
Pacahuara (Pacawara ), Beni[ 3]
Paunaka (Pauna ), Ñuflo de Suarez[ 3]
Pauserna (Guarayu-Ta , Paucerne , Pauserna-Guarasugwé ), Beni[ 3]
Quechua (Kichua , Kichwa ), Bolivia[ 3]
Reyesano (Maropa , San Borjano ), Beni[ 3]
Saraveca , Santa Cruz[ 3]
Shinabo (Mbia Chee , Mbya )[ 3]
Sirionó (Miá ), Beni and Santa Cruz[ 3]
Tacana (Takana ), La Paz Department [ 3]
Tapieté (Guasurango , Ñanagua , Tirumbae , Yanaigua ), Tarija Department [ 3]
Toba (Qom ), Tarija Department[ 3]
Toromono (Toromona ), La Paz Department [ 3]
Trinitario (Mojos , Moxos ), Beni[ 3]
Tsimané (Chimané , Mosetén ), Beni[ 3]
Uru (Iru-Itu , Morato , Muratu ), Oruro Department [ 3]
Wichí (Noctén , Noctenes , Oktenai , Weenhayek ), Tarija Department[ 3]
Yaminawá (Jaminawa , Yamanawa , Yaminahua ), Pando Department [ 3]
Yuqui (Bia , Yuki )[ 3]
Yuracare (Yura ), Beni and Cochabamba Departments [ 3]
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Pre-history
Mythology/Religion
European
colonization
Modern societies
by country
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