Siwok Crafts Medium cross with child

About Siwok Crafts: The crafts people are Wichi Indians, who are one of the largest groups of indigenous people living mainly between the two rivers, Bermejo and Pilcomayo in northern Argentina. The Pilcomayo forms the border between Argentina and Paraguay.

Drastic changes have confronted the Wichi in the past 50 years. Ecological changes mean that fewer fish journey upstream to spawn and native lands are being destroyed by the reduction of the forest. The environmental changes caused by this deforestation mean that there are higher summer temperatures and more frequent droughts and flooding. The people do craftwork as a way of making some much needed income for their families and communities.