Indigenous peoples of Colombia

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:autonomousTerritories resguardos
gptkbp:constitutionalRecognition Article 7 of the 1991 Colombian Constitution
gptkbp:country gptkb:Colombia
gptkbp:historicalEvent Spanish colonization
resistance to colonization
armed conflict impact
land rights movements
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Indigenous peoples of Colombia
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Chibchan_languages
gptkb:Tucanoan_languages
gptkb:Embera
gptkb:Guambiano
gptkb:Nasa_Yuwe
gptkb:Wayuu
gptkb:Arawak_languages
gptkbp:majorGroups gptkb:Inga
gptkb:Kogi
gptkb:Arhuaco
gptkb:Embera
gptkb:Guambiano
gptkb:Kankuamo
gptkb:Pijao
gptkb:Wounaan
gptkb:Wayuu
gptkb:Tucano
Nasa
Sikuani
Tairona (historical)
gptkbp:notableOrganization OPIAC (Organización de los Pueblos Indígenas de la Amazonía Colombiana)
CRIC (Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca)
ONIC (Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia)
gptkbp:notablePerson Aída Quilcué
Feliciano Valencia
Leonor Zalabata
gptkbp:numberOfIssues environmental protection
land rights
cultural preservation
violence and displacement
gptkbp:percentageOfLand about 30% of Colombia's territory
gptkbp:percentageOfNationalPopulation about 4.4%
gptkbp:population approximately 1.9 million (2023)
gptkbp:recognizedGroups 115 (officially recognized by the Colombian government)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Catholicism
gptkb:Protestantism
traditional indigenous religions
gptkbp:traditionalEconomy gptkb:hunting
gptkb:crafts
agriculture
fishing
gptkbp:UNDRIPSignatory yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lache_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7