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Abipón
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The Abipones (, singular ) were an Indigenous people of Argentina's Gran Chaco region and Paraguay, speakers of one of the Guaicuruan languages. They ceased to exist as an independent ethnic group in the early 19th century. A small number of survivors assimilated into Argentine society.
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- Ethnic group.group
- Abipón
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- Dobrizhoffer soldiers (cropped).jpg
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- Abipón warriors
- Ethnic group.population
- 817
- Ethnic group.religions
- Animism, Shamanism, Christianity
- Ethnic group.languages
- Mataco–Guaicuru languages, Abipón (Callaga)
- Ethnic group.related
- Toba, Pilagá, Mocoví, other Guaycurú peoples
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The Abipones (, singular ) were an Indigenous people of Argentina's Gran Chaco region and Paraguay, speakers of one of the Guaicuruan languages. They ceased to exist as an independent ethnic group in the early 19th century. A small number of survivors assimilated into Argentine society.
==History== The Abipones initially occupied the Gran Chaco of Argentina, in the lower portions of the Bermejo River. They were originally a seasonally mobile people of hunters, gatherers, fishers and to a limited extent farmers.