Ese Ejja

Ese Ejja Village. Tambopata Rezerve, Peru
Total population
2,100[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Bolivia (1,687),[2]  Peru (400-500)[1]
Languages
Ese Ejja • Spanish
Religion
Christianity[citation needed] • Traditional Tribal Religion[citation needed]

The Ese Ejja are an indigenous people of Bolivia and Peru, in the southwestern Amazon basin. 1,687 Ese Ejja live in Bolivia, in the Pando and Beni Departments,^[2] in the foothills along the Beni and the Madre de Dios Rivers. In Peru, they live along the Tambopata and Heath Rivers, near Puerto Maldonado.^[1]

Name

Their name derives from their autonym, Ece'je, which means "people."^{[citation needed]} They are also known as the Chama, Ese Eja, Ese Exa, Ese’ejja, Huarayo, Tambopata-Guarayo, or Tiatinagua people.^[1]

Language

The Ese Ejja language is a Tacanan language, spoken by all ages, and written in the Latin script. A dictionary has been produced for the language.^[1]

Subsistence

Ese Ejja people are traditionally hunter-gatherers, farmers, rangers, and fishermen.^[1]