The 'people' of the central Paraguayan Chaco, a Matacoan nation spread in a great triangle from the Pilcomayo toward Mariscal Estigarribia, divided into river-folk, forest-folk and savanna-folk.
Overrun by the Chaco War (1932-35) and gathered around Mennonite colonies at Filadelfia, the Nivaclé are now the largest Indigenous people of the Paraguayan Chaco, some 13,700 strong with a thriving language.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Nivaclé (Chulupí) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1673 · 1932.
Surveys the Matacoan Nivaclé/Chulupí, the largest Indigenous people of the Paraguayan Chaco.
Background on mission life in the colonial Río de la Plata interior the Nivaclé were later drawn into around Filadelfia (broad context).
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