Household

Status and Treatment of the Aged

History

Acculturation and Culture Contact

External Relations

Speech

Linguistic Identification

General Character of Religion

Theological Systems

Cultural Identity and Pride

Dwellings

Public Structures

Settlement Patterns

Public Utilities

Highways and Bridges

Bibliographies in Sources

Rest Days and Holidays

Organized Ceremonial

Inheritance

Gender Status

Personal Names

Naming

Adoption

Kinship Regulation of Sex

Conception

Abortion and Infanticide

Status of Children

Education System

Reviews and Critiques

Community Heads

Chief Executive

Clans

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mortuary Specialists

Eschatology

Ingroup Antagonisms

Police

Territorial Hierarchy

Administrative Agencies

Political Parties

Identification

Location

Public Welfare

Internal Trade

External Trade

Population

Polygamy

Kinship Terminology

Division of Labor by Gender

Arranging a Marriage

Nuptials

Termination of Marriage

Residence

Family Relationships

Ceremonial During Infancy and Childhood

Childhood Activities

Socialization

Gender Roles and Issues

Cordage

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Clothing Manufacture

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Pharmaceuticals

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Sociocultural Trends

Real Property

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Priesthood

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Income and Demand

Material Not Relevant

Special Unions and Marriages

Tillage

Agricultural Science

Hunting and Trapping

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Labor Supply and Employment

Social Control

Sex and Marital Offenses

Community Structure

Political Movements

TALAMANCANS

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HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

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ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CREDITS

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

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At the time of European conquest, there were numerous Indian groups present in the Talamanca mountain range and surrounding coastal plains of southern Costa Rica and western Panama. Pursuing notably divergent strategies for cultural survival over the centuries, four of the Chibchan-speaking groups remain: the Boruca, Bribri and Cabécar (many on reservations in Costa Rica) and the Teribe (largely in Panama). Traditional subsistence was based on agriculture, supplemented by hunting and river fishing, but Talamancans are now largely integrated into their national economies, with fewer individuals dependent upon a rapidly diminishing supply of available land. Although some work in national government, or for national and international Indian advocacy agencies, self-government within communities is informal, with the opinions of elders and shamans respected.

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