Tsimanes

The Tsimane’ are an Indigenous people of the forested lowlands and foothills of the southwestern Amazon, particularly along the Maniqui and Quiquibey river systems. They cultivate crops such as manioc and plantains and also draw food from hunting, fishing and gathering. Jesuit missionaries reached the region in the late seventeenth century, but the Tsimane’ were not permanently gathered into the mission settlements.