BRIBRI, BORECA, TERABA INDIANS IN GUATEMALA

THERE ARE THREE GROUPS LOCATED IN COSTA RICA ON THE BRUNQUENA MOUNTAIN RANGE. THERE ARE 6 RESERVATIONS ESTABLISHED IN 1945. THERE IS MUCH INTERMARRIAGE. SOME NON INDIANS LIVE ON RESERVED LAND AND HAVE A POPULATION OF 2660. THE BRIBRI LIVED ON RESERVED LAND AND HAVE A POPULATION OF 6700; THE CEBECAR HAD 8300. IN THE 1980'S THE BRUNKEN LANGUAGE WAS SPOKEN BY ELEVEN PEOPLE AND 4O UNDERSTOOD IT.

THE SPANISH ENTERED IN IN 1502 , AND THEY HAD EXPEDITIONS IN 1519 - 1560. MORE INFORMATION STEMS FROM CONQUISTADORS JUAN VASQUEZ DE CORONADO WHO MET WITH OFFICIALS IN 1564. THESE AND OTHER COSTA RICANS WERE ORGANIZED INTO CHIEFDOMS. THE INDIANS BEGAN TO BE REASSIGNED TO COLONIZE UNITS, AS MISSIONS. THE TALAMANCA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGE MANAGED TO RETAIN TRAITS OF CHIEFDOMS. THE BORUCA WERE CONSIDERED PACIFIEDIN 1608 . THEY BUILT A VILLAGE BY 1629. IT WAS A MULE STOP. DURING 1660'S THE BORUCA WAS THE ONLY VILLAGE IN THE SOUTH. BY THE END OF THE CENTURY THE COMMUNITY HAD 12 HUTS. BY 1770 THEY HAD 25 HUTS. BY 1801 THEY HAD 250 PEOPLE INCLUDING NON INDIAN SETTLEMENTS.

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