Achagua | Andoque | Arhuaco | Awa |
Barasana | Bari |
Betoye |
Bora |
Cabiyari | Carijona | Chimila | Chiricoa | Cocama | Coconuco | Cofan | Coreguaje | Cuiba | Curripaco | Desano | Dujo |
Guambiano | Guayabero | Letuama |
Macuna
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Masiguare | Mirana | Muinane
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Nonuya |
Piapoco | Siona | Tariano | Tatuyo | Ticuna | Totoro | Tucano | Tule | Tunebo | Tuyuca | Wounaan |
| Awa |
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| Indigenous Group |
Awa (Also known as: Awá, Kwaiquer, Kwaiker, Awa-Kwaiker) |
| Location |
Columbia, South Western Andes, High Telembi River basin extending along the North Western Ecuadorian Border, Nariño (Ricaurte) |
| Estimated Population |
12,936 (Retrieved in 2006,
Etnias de Columbia) |
| Environment |
Rainforest / Tropical / Lowlands |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Fishing / Animal Husbandry / Gold Panning |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
| Language Family |
Awa-Cuaiquer
Classification: Barbacoan, Pasto
Alternate names: Coaiquer, Quaiquer, Kwaiker, Awa, Awa Pit, Cuaiquer
Dialects: Chachi, Colorado
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| Website URLs |
Etnias de columbia: The Awa
Ethnologue: Awa-Cuaiquer, A Language of Colombia
The Creation of the Awá Indian Territory
Awa Federation-Ecuador Agreement With The US National Cancer Institute: Ecological Debt For Bioprospection
United Nations High Commissioner Refugee organization (UNHCR): Little for Colombia's ethnic Awá to celebrate on World Indigenous Day
American Anthropological Association (AAA): The Crisis in Colombia: Consequences for Indigenous Peoples
In Brief: Alliance Office News
Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia: 5 Indigenous Awa Assassinated In Altaquer Nariño
Indymedia: Massacred Indigenous Awá
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| NGOs |
Amazon Alliance
Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC)
Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon (OPIAC)
Independent Media Center (IMC)
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