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Siriono
 
Indigenous Group Siriono (Also known as: Sirionó, Mbia Chee, Mbya)
Location Bolivia, Beni, Santa Cruz, Ibiato (Eviato), Cercado, Itenez, San Javier, Rio Blanco
Estimated Population 308 (2003, Amazonia Boliviana)
Environment Tropical Forests / Savannah / Lowlands
Lifestyle Semi-nomadic
Subsistence Hunter / Gatherer / Fishing / Agriculture / Handicraft Sales
Level of Assimilation Assimilated
Language Family Siriono
Classification: Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup II
Alternate names: Mbia Chee, Mbya
Dialects: Close to Yuqui
Website URLs Ethnologue: Siriono, A Language of Bolivia
International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination
Community Based Management: Examples from the Bolivian Lowlands
Viceministerio de Cultura: Sirionó
Distinguished Researcher: Allyn MacLean Stearman
Amazonia Boliviana: Siriono
NGOs CIDOB: Confederation of Indigenous People of Bolivia
Central de Pueblos Indigenas del Beni
Ibis
CPESC (Coordinadora de los Pueblos Etnicos de Santa Cruz)
Amazon Watch

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