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2 unusual facts about Moxo people


Moxo people

Jesuit priests arriving from Santa Cruz de la Sierra began evangelizing native peoples of the region in the 1670s.

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 (San Ignacio de Moxos mission).



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