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Moxo people

Ethnic group

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The Moxos, also known as Moxeños or the Mojos, are an indigenous people of Bolivia. They lived in south central Beni Department, living around the head-waters of the Madeira River in northern Bolivia, particularly on both banks of the Mamore River. The Moxo were traditionally hunter-gatherers, as well as farmers and pastoralists. They submitted to Inca domination, but in 1564 repulsed the Spaniards. A century later, however, the Jesuit missionaries contacted the Moxos, and the Moxos became Roman Catholic. They numbered some 30,000 in the first decade of the 20th century. Moxeño ethnic identification derives from the combination of different pre-existing ethnic groups in this mission environment, and includes peoples associated with several different missions: Mojeño-Trinitarios (Trinidad mission), Mojeño-Loretanos (Loreto mission), Mojeño-Javerianos, and Mojeño-Ignacianos. Many Moxos are affiliated with the Central de Pueblos Indígenas del Beni and/or the Central de Pueblos Étnicos Mojeños del Beni.