Wichís
Also known as Wichi personas, Mataco
The Wichí are an indigenous people of South America. They comprise a large group of tribes inhabiting the headwaters of the Bermejo and Pilcomayo rivers in Argentina and Bolivia.
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- Wichí
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- Bandera del pueblo Wichi.svg
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- Flag of the Wichí people
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- Ethnic group.population
- 55,734
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- 50,419 (2010)
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- 5,315
- Ethnic group.langs
- Wichí languages (Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz, Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay, Wichí Lhamtés Nocten), Spanish
- Ethnic group.rels
- Traditional tribal religion
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- Notes on designation
- Population
- Languages
- History
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- Wichí society
- Notes
- References
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The Wichí are an indigenous people of South America. They comprise a large group of tribes inhabiting the headwaters of the Bermejo and Pilcomayo rivers in Argentina and Bolivia.
==Notes on designation== This ethnic group was referred to by English settlers as Mataco, a term that is still widely used. The etymology of this term is obscure; however, several sources note that the Wichí consider it derogatory. Among the Wichí, a folk etymology relates the term to the Spanish verb matar ("to kill").