| Bora People |
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| Total population |
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approx. 2,000 (various post-2001 est.) |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Bora settlements: approx. 2,000, |
| Language(s) |
| Bora, many also speak Spanish. |
| Religion(s) |
| Christian, Animist |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Witoto, Ocaina |
The Bora, are an indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian and Brazilian Amazon. The tribe's ancestral lands are currently threatened by illegal logging practices. These homelands are located between the Putumayo and Napo rivers. The Bora have guarded their lands from both indigenous foes and outsider colonials. The Boras speak a Witotan language and comprise approximately 2,000 people. In the last forty years, they have become a largely settled people living mostly in permanent forest settlements.
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Subdivision
Technology
The Bora have an elaborate knowledge of the plant life of the surrounding rainforest.
Culture
Worldview
In the animist Bora worldview, there is no distinction between the physical and spiritual worlds and spirits are present throughout the world. Plants, especially trees, hold a complex and important interest for the Bora.
Weapons
Bows and Arrows are the main weapons of the Bora culture used in person to person conflict.
Marriage
Bora families practice exogamy.
Recent history
Around the time of the 20th Century, the rubber boom had a devastating impact on the Boras.
Indigenous political reorganization
The Bora are very divided and politically unorganized.
Land rights
The Bora have no indigenous reserves.
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| History | Archaeology of the Americas · Models of migration to the New World · Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact · Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas · Solutrean hypothesis |
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European colonization of the Americas · Population history of American indigenous peoples · Columbian Exchange |
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| Other | Native American name controversy · Indigenous languages of the Americas |
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