Yaros

The Yaros were an Indigenous people associated with the lower Uruguay River in the Río de la Plata region. Rivers and grasslands connected communities across the wider region, where fishing, hunting and gathering drew on different environments.

During the early modern centuries, peoples across the region formed changing relationships through migration, trade and conflict. Spanish and Portuguese expansion brought livestock, settlements, missions and demands over land and labour. Horses and cattle changed the possibilities for movement and production, while Indigenous communities pursued their own alliances, resistance and exchange.