Saraveka

The Saraveka were an Indigenous people of Chiquitania, in the forest and savanna country of eastern Bolivia. Their language belonged to the Arawak family. Jesuit missionaries established the missions of Chiquitos from the late seventeenth century, bringing together people from different local societies. Saraveka descendants were among those who contributed to the Chiquitano people, whose history carries the imprint of this meeting of communities.