Sirionó

ETHNONYMS: Chori, Miá, Ñiose, Qurungua, Sirionó, Tirinié, Yande

History and Cultural Relations

The Jesuits were influential from 1580 to 1767, and the Franciscans from 1767 on. Sirionó narratives and historical consciousness are very limited. There is some information about raids by their southern neighbors, the Ayoreo.

MARIO CALIFANO (Translated by Ruth Gubler)