Tacana in Bolivia

The Tacana have only been reported in Bolivia
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Introduction / History

The Incan Empire had contact with the Tacana people. In 1680 the Franciscans contacted the Tacana, but they didn’t start a series of missions until 1731. In the 19th and early 20th century the Tacana made their living by extracting rubber and cinchona, a medicinal tree. They live in in northern Bolivia.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Tacana families are patrilineal which means inheritance comes from the father’s side of the family. They usually have nuclear families. One or two families work together to plant and harvest crops, but they also hunt and fish. Each unit plants rice, corn, bananas, cassava and cash crops. To protect their land interests, they established the Indigenous Council of the Tacana People (CIPTA).

Partly because they have generations of sustainable farming and care for the forests in their background, the Tacana are used by the Bolivian government as land managers. Members of this community are at the forefront for stopping deforestation in Bolivia.


What Are Their Beliefs?

Though there is a Roman Catholic element to their spirituality, the Tacana are mainly animistic.


What Are Their Needs?

Like other peoples in this region, they need their spiritual beliefs to be guided by the Bible and by the only savior, Jesus Christ.


Prayer Points

Pray for the Lord to bless the Tacana people physically and spiritually.

Pray for Tacana disciples to make more disciples.

Pray their efforts to save the local forests will be useful for others.


Scripture Prayers for the Tacana in Bolivia.


References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacana_people

https://www.iucn.org/content/tacana-people-define-future-forest

https://bolivia.wcs.org/en-us/Global-Initiatives/Territorial-management/Tacana-Indigenous-People.aspx

https://communities.wcs.org/Metric-Details/m/52

https://www.odysseyconservationtrust.com/our-work/projects/tacana-people


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Tacana
People Name in Country Tacana
Alternate Names
Population this Country 19,000
Population all Countries 19,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 2
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 5  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
PeopleID3 15165
ROP3 Code 109679
Country Bolivia
Region America, Latin
Continent South America
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country La Paz department: Iturralde province, Tumupasa and Ixiamas cantons; Capaina, Napashe, San Buenaventura, Tahua; along Orton, Beni, and Madre de Dios rivers.   Source:  Ethnologue 2018
Country Bolivia
Region America, Latin
Continent South America
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country La Paz department: Iturralde province, Tumupasa and Ixiamas cantons; Capaina, Napashe, San Buenaventura, Tahua; along Orton, Beni, and Madre de Dios rivers..   Source:  Ethnologue 2018

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Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 2.00 %)
9.00 %
Ethnic Religions
91.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Tacana (19,000 speakers)
Language Code tna   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Tacana (19,000 speakers)
Language Code tna   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Tacana
Photo Source Stephen McArthur 
Profile Source Joshua Project 
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