25 the Northern Lengua Enxet, Sanapaná, Toba, Angaité, Toba Maskoy, and Guaná, are part of the Lengua-Maskoy (Enhelt-Enenlhet) linguistic family, and they have traditionally lived in the Paraguayan Chaco.16 50.2. The Southern Lengua Enxet people, in turn, have been subdivided in various groups, among which the Chanawatsan (“those of the Paraguay river”) stand out.17 Before the non-indigenous occupation of the Paraguayan Chaco, which took place in the late 19th and early 20th century,18 the Chanawatsan occupied the territory of the western bank of the Paraguay river in the area of Concepción (Náwátsam) up to seventy kilometers inland within the Chaco.19 The Yakye Axa Community is the sedentary expression of one of the Chanawatsan bands.20 50.3. The economy of the Southern Lengua Enxet is primarily based on hunting, gathering, and fishing. They also farm plots and raise cattle, sheep, and goats.21 Traditionally, the Southern Lengua Enxet people and its subgroups moved around their territory making use of nature insofar as allowed by the seasonal conditions and their technological culture; this made them shift from one place to another and public hearing held on March 4 and 5, 2005, pages 22 and 658); book entitled “Atlas de las Comunidades Indígenas en el Paraguay”, Presidency of the Republic, Technical Planning Secretariat. Paraguay, 2002 (file with documents submitted during the public hearing held on March 4 and 5, 2005, Volume II, page 404); testimony of Esteban López rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005; testimony of Tomás Galeano rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005; testimony of Inocencia Gómez rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005, and expert opinion of Bartomeu Melia i Lliteres rendered before the Inter-American Court on March 4, 2005. 16 See book entitled “II Censo Nacional Indígena de población y viviendas 2002. Pueblos Indígenas del Paraguay. Resultados finales”, Presidency of the Republic, Technical Planning Secretariat. Paraguay, 2002 (file with documents submitted during the public hearing held on March 4 and 5, 2005, page 22); article entitled “Las lenguas indígenas en el Paraguay. Una visión desde el Censo 2002”. Bartomeu Meliá i Lliteres. (documents submitted during the public hearing held on March 4 and 5, 2005, volume 07), and anthropological report on the “Yakye Axa” (Loma Verde) Community of the Enxet-Lengua people. Anthropological Studies Center at Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción” (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 9, volumes 1272 to 1277). 17 See Enxet Sur Dictionary. First Draft, Winter 2001. Paraguayan Anglican Church (file with appendixes to the brief with pleadings and motions, appendix 4 d), volumes 1889 to 1903); statement by Alberto Braunstein rendered before a notary public on February 11, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations, and costs, Volume III, volumes 700 to 712); testimony of Esteban López rendered before the InterAmerican Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005, and testimony of Stephen William Kidd rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005. 18 See statement by Alberto Braunstein rendered before a notary public on February 11, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations, and costs, Volume III, volumes 700 to 712), and expert opinion of Bartomeu Meliá i Lliteres rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on April 4, 2005. 19 See Enxet Sur Dictionary. First Draft, Winter 2001. Paraguayan Anglican Church (file with appendixes to the brief with pleadings and motions, appendix 4.d, volumes 1889 to 1903), and testimony of Esteban López rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005. 20 See statement by Alberto Braunstein rendered before a notary public on February 11, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations, and costs, Volume III, volumes 700 to 712). 21 See anthropological report on the “Yakye Axa” (Loma Verde) Community of the Enxet-Lengua people. Anthropological Studies Center at Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción” (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 9, volumes 1272 to 1277), and book entitled “Atlas de las Comunidades Indígenas en el Paraguay”, Presidency of the Republic, Technical Planning Secretariat. Paraguay, 2002 (file with documents submitted during the public hearing held on March 4 and 5, 2005, Volume II, page 404).

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