CURRENT SITUATION OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE IN COLOMBIA
A bubble full of injustice and weeping.
As many know, the indigenous are a
people who originate from a region or
territory, where their religious and
cultural beliefs transcend through time.
In Colombia there are currently many
indigenous groups in a diversified and
relatively dispersed way in different
geographical areas such as Cauca, Guajira
and Chocó as the main territories;
although we can find minorities of these
groups throughout the country.
These ethnical groups have lived
thousands of not so good situations since
the discovery of Colombia in 1499 by
Christopher Columbus' companion;
Alfonso Ojeda, where Colombia would
become Spanish property.
From this time the Indians suffered a
period of slavery which lasted from the
15th century until 1851. This is because
slaves of African origin died in war
defending their masters and the Indians
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became their slaves because of their skin
color.
Since these times, the indigenous people
have suffered a great many situations and
only with the passage of time have they
been able to establish a small place both
in the constitution and in the Colombian
people.
Some of the current indigenous
communities in Colombia are the
Achagua, Amorua, Andoke, Bara,
Coconuco, among many others.
These communities have great social
problems such as the situation of poverty,
which differs from the displacement of
their lands by armed groups in Colombia
and the oil companies located in the
fertile areas where they could grow grains
such as potatoes, yucca, rice, fruits,
vegetables and coffee that help them
survive and feed their communities. On
many occasions these fertile lands were
looted for cocaine cultivation and illicit
trade.
As a result, so many indigenous people
arrive in the cities in conditions of
poverty without housing, food and very
little of a dignified life.

The state disinformation for these ethnic

groups is abysmal since they do not count
with an inclusion of ethnic and cultural
respect; although they are included in the
political constitution the Colombian
government lacks to include them on a
sexual education for girls and women, to
respect their territories and not to let the
private sector take over their fertile lands.
This includes an infinite number of
conditions with respect to the inhabitants
of each community, since they do not
have access to many rights, either because
of their clothing, language, culture,
customs, and most of the time because of
the violence in the sector.
(Photo taken from RCN radio-August
2015- Indigenous people of Colombia)
So no matter how many peace treaties,
campaigns or government aid this is not
going to change, because change depends
not only on this but on all the people who
make up Colombia, so that we create a
humanitarian country, worthy of social
and cultural inclusion, where everyone
and not just a few have access to health,
study and a decent sex education.

And we cannot forget that due to these Not only should the indigenous people
facts a great massacre occurred in fight for their rights, but also all of us as a
October 2019 directed at the indigenous community and a Colombia worthy of
people of the department of Cauca where respect and solidarity.
a group of armed people without any
reason killed and raped the governors of
several indigenous communities.
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