Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Nivaclé people are an indigenous people of the Gran Chaco. An estimated 13700 Nivaclé people live in the President Hayes and Boquerón Departments in Paraguay while approximately 200 Nivaclé people live in the Salta Province of Argentina. A very small number of Nivaclé live in Tarija Bolivia. In the last 50 years 15000 Mennonites from Canada Russia and Germany have settled in traditional Nivaclé territory.