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Welcome to the Pilon Lajas Indigenous Reserve

PILON LAJAS RESERVE

PILON LAJAS RESERVE

PILON LAJAS RESERVE

The Pilon Lajas Reserve is located between the Beni river on the West and HWY 8 on the East

The Pilon Lajas Indigenous Reserve is  the Beni River on the west and The western boundaries of Private land along Highway 16.

GOING UPRIVER

PILON LAJAS RESERVE

PILON LAJAS RESERVE

A boatload of supplies headed upriver on the Quiquibey River

The handmade boats are about 30 feet long and powered by single cylinder 16 horsepower motors.

SHALLOW WATER

PILON LAJAS RESERVE

POLLUTED WATER

During the dry season when the river is low, the boat must be dragged through the riffles.

During the dry season the boat must be dragged through the shallow riffles. The blue barrel is for gasoline.  All supplies must be brought from town. 

POLLUTED WATER

THRESHING RICE

POLLUTED WATER

The rivers are polluted by raw sewage, gold dredging and cocaine residuals 



Reserve, dredging fo

The rivers are heavily polluted by raw sewage from cities upstream from the Indigenous Reserve, dredging for gold and  logging operations. 

THRESHING RICE

THRESHING RICE

THRESHING RICE

Husking rice.

This young lady is threshing rice by pounding it the huge wooden bowl called a Chaco. The chaco is handmade from a chunk of a tree trunk. Most of the utensils used by the comunarios are handmade of wood.

BAD WATER KILLS MANY

THRESHING RICE

THRESHING RICE

50% of all children die before the age of seven.

Census data shows that over fifty percent of the babies born in this region die before they are seven years old. It saddens me each time I go to visit to wonder which of the kids are no longer alive. 

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