Ese Ejja people
![]() Ese Ejja Village. Tambopata Rezerve, Peru | |
Total population | |
---|---|
2,100[1][2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() ![]() | |
Languages | |
Ese Ejja • Spanish | |
Religion | |
Christianity • Traditional Tribal Religion |
The Ese Ejja are an indigenous people of Bolivia and Peru, in the southwestern Amazon basin. 1,687 Ese Ejja live in Bolivia, in the Pando and Beni Departments,[2] in the foothills along the Beni and the Madre de Dios Rivers. In Peru, they live along the Tambopata and Heath Rivers, near Puerto Maldonado.[1]
Name[]
Their name derives from their autonym, Ece'je, which means "people."[citation needed] They are also known as the Chama, Ese Eja, Ese Exa, Ese’ejja, Huarayo, Tambopata-Guarayo, or Tiatinagua people.[1]
Language[]
The Ese Ejja language is a Tacanan language, spoken by all ages, and written in the Latin script. A dictionary has been produced for the language.[1]
Subsistence[]
Ese Ejja people are traditionally hunter-gatherers, farmers, rangers, and fishermen.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Ese Ejja." Ethnologue. Retrieved 17 Feb 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2012 Bolivia Características de la Población". Instituto Nacional de Estadística, República de Bolivia. p. 29.
External links[]
- Ese Ejja artwork, National Museum of the American Indian
Categories:
- Indigenous peoples in Bolivia
- Indigenous peoples in Peru
- Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
- Hunter-gatherers of South America