Tolupan people
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (8,600[1]) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Honduras | |
| Languages | |
| Jicaque | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion, Roman Catholicism[1] |
The Tolupan or Jicaque people are an indigenous ethnic group of Honduras, primarily inhabiting the northwest coast of Honduras[2] and the community La Montaña del Flor in central Honduras.
Culture
The Jicaque are agrarian people, and they raise beans, maize, and sweet and bitter manioc. They also fish, hunt, and raise livestock. They are polygamous. Culturally, they are similar to the Miskito and Sumo people.[2]
History
In the 19th century, a Roman Catholic missionary, Manuel Jesús de Subirian encouraged many Jicaque to assimilate to mainstream culture, settle in villages, and grow maize. The other Jicaque who maintained their traditional lifeways lived in Montaña de la Flor, and ultimately the Honduran government granted them a 760-hectare reservation.[1]
Synonymy
The Jicaque are also called the Cicaque, Hicaque, Ikake, Taguaca, Taupane, Tol, Tolpan, Torrupan, or Xicaque people.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 "Jicaque." Countries and Their Cultures. (retrieved 2 Dec 2011)
- 1 2 "Jicaque." Encyclopædia Britannica. (retrieved 2 Dec 2011)
Further reading
- Chapman, Anne. (1984). Tolupan de la Montaña de la flor: otra cultura que desaparece. America Indigena 44(3): 467-484.
- Chapman, Anne. (1981). Organizacion dual entre los jicaques (tol) de la Montaña de la Flor, Honduras. Yaxkin 4(1): 57-67.
- Chapman, Anne. (1978). Les Enfants des la Mort: Uivers Mythique des Indiens Tolupan (Jicaque). Mission Archaeologique et Ethnologique Français Au Mexique.
- Chapman, Anne. (1970). Chamanisme et magie des ficelles chez les Tolupan (Jicaque) du Honduras. Journal de la Societe des Americanistes 59: 43-64.
- Chavez Borjas, Manuel (1984). Cultura jicaque y el proyecto de desarrollo indigena en Yoro. America Indigena 44(3): 589-612.
- Davidson, William. (1984). Padre Subirana y las tierras concedidas a los indios hondureños en el siglo XIX. America Indigena 44(3): 447-459.
- Davidson, William. (1985) Geography of the Tol (Jicaaque) Indians in eighteenth century Honduras. Mesoamerica: 58-90.
- Royce de Denis, Margaret. (1986). Programa de alfabetizacion bilingue entre los Tolupanes de la Montaña de la flor, Yaxkin 9: 17-28.
- von Hagen, Victor. (1943) The Jicaque (Torupan) Indians of Honduras. Indian Notes and Monographs 53. Heye Foundation, NY.
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