Totobiegosode

The Totobiegosode are an Ayoreo group of the northern Gran Chaco. Their name is commonly explained as the people of the place of the wild pig. Dry forests, thorny vegetation and seasonal water shape this landscape, where hunting and gathering draw on knowledge of resources distributed across the forest.

Across the wider Ayoreo region, local groups were connected by kinship and shared knowledge. Mobility allowed people to use dispersed resources, while forest materials supplied tools and shelter. Colonial expeditions and missions affected the Chaco unevenly.