Reed-cutting fisher-folk of the waters themselves — Titicaca, the Desaguadero and Lake Poopó — who held themselves apart as 'people of the lake' from the Aymara on the shore.
Despised and taxed by Inca and Aymara alike, the Uru clung to the water as their lakes shrank; the Murato of Poopó were devastated when the lake dried in 2015, but the Chipaya and Iruito carry the old Uruquilla speech forward.
D'Altroy's authoritative survey covers the Aymara and other Andean peoples of highland Bolivia among whom the Carangas, Killaka and Uru live.
Surveys the lacustrine peoples of Titicaca, the Desaguadero and Lake Poopó including the Uru (broad regional context).