Books
The Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco by Call Number: KHP2973 .P75 2013Publication Date: 2002Based on extensive fieldwork and ongoing contact with local indigenous organizations in Paraguay, John Renshaw presents an overview of contemporary Indian life in the Paraguayan Chaco. He describes the subsistence and market economies, household and kinship systems, political organization, and the challenges of economic development.
Los indígenas del Paraguay by Call Number: folio F2679 .Z36 2001Publication Date: 2001Ethnographic description of each of the 19 indigenous villages that still exist in Paraguay.
Indigenous population
Paraguay is home to around 117,150 indigenous people, belonging to a total of 19 villages. There are 493 indigenous communities in the country.
Source: Direccion General de Estadisticas, Encuestas y Censos del Paraguay,
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Museum of Indigenous Art
Films
The Ache Indians of Paraguay by Publication Date: 2008The Ache are one of South America’s last hunter-gatherer societies-and in imminent danger of cultural extinction. This program presents an intimate portrait of the Ache in their natural habitat, focusing on the Gatu tribal group.
Pan Blanco : Indigenas Despues de Colon by Publication Date: 2005This film provides a reflection of how both local and national Paraguayan identity has emerged through contact with indigenous people. As in the history of all contacts, political power and strategies of conquest and control attend the intercultural exchange.