Nasa people
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The Nasa people are an Indigenous group of the Colombian Andes known for their strong communal traditions, resistance to displacement, and active defense of their ancestral territories and cultural autonomy.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Indigenous people ⓘ |
| abbreviationOfGoverningBody | CRIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Paez
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Páez people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| autonym | Nasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| cosmovision | close relationship with land and territory ⓘ |
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| countryRecognizedAs | Indigenous people of Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
collective work (minga)
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ use of traditional authorities ⓘ |
| culturalPreservationEffort |
defense of traditional knowledge
ⓘ
maintenance of communal land use ⓘ revitalization of Nasa Yuwe language ⓘ |
| department |
Cauca Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Huila Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Tolima Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Valle del Cauca Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indigenous cabildos ⓘ |
| hasRightClaim |
collective land rights
ⓘ
cultural rights ⓘ self-determination ⓘ |
| historicalExperience |
armed conflict in Colombia
ⓘ
forced displacement ⓘ land dispossession ⓘ |
| IndigenousGuardRole |
protection of community leaders
ⓘ
territorial control ⓘ unarmed community defense ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural autonomy
ⓘ
defense of ancestral territories ⓘ resistance to displacement ⓘ strong communal traditions ⓘ |
| language | Nasa Yuwe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Páezan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
Indigenous rights movement in Colombia
ⓘ
territorial autonomy struggles ⓘ |
| populationEstimate | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Colombian Andes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southwestern Colombia ⓘ |
| protectionMechanism | Indigenous Guard (Guardia Indígena) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
syncretic Catholicism
ⓘ
traditional Nasa spirituality ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
cabildo system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
communal ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
bean cultivation
ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ potato cultivation ⓘ small-scale livestock raising ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Southern Colombia