Bolivia: Chiquitano And The Multiple Meanings Of Being Indigenous In Bolivia

Bolivia: Chiquitano And The Multiple Meanings Of Being Indigenous In Bolivia   Katinka Weber, 2012   To be ‘indigenous’ in Bolivia is not only a rights- and resource-bearing identity, but the national MAS party has recently actively promoted the ‘indigenous’ as an inclusive national political project. This article seeks to shed further light on the different meanings Bolivians attach to ‘indigeneity’ by focusing on the Chiquitano people of the Bolivian lowlands. This reveals that...

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