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Explain Ayllu
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Marriage proposal among Quechua where representatives for the groom go to the bride's home and offer coca and chicha.
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Ayni
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Reciprocal labour system for Quechua where family and friends are invited to work and provided food, coca and chicha. Obligation to reciprocate***
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Minka
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Among Quechua - one goes from house to house and asks neighbours to help in labour project. Unlike Ayni, no obligation to reciprocate
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Millpa
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Garden plot that the women tend
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Kogi
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Indigenous group from N.W. Columbia
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Uywas
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Ritual in dry season - Animals are honoured, people drink chicha and chew coca and dance with the animals
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Qala
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Quechua term for one who is an outsider or isolated. One who is considered 'qala' does not form part of the Ayllu
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Ayllu
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A type of social organization among the Quechua/Aymara that all members must belong to
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Guina Pigs
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An important part of Andean society. They are consumed for special occassions, but otherwise live in the kitchen and eat fresh veggie leftovers. They reproduce fast
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Sara
Saramama |
Sara - corn
Saramama - sacred corn |
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Cocalero
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One who grows coca
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Evo Morales
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Close to becoming president of Bolivia - Cocalero leader- Against coca eradication - can't go to USA
-February 15, 2003 - held protest against coca eradication |
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February 15, 2003
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Evo Morales, cocalero leader, staged a protest in Bolivia against the eradication of coca
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May 2004
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-Lima, Peru.
- 5,000 cocaleros protested: a) spraying of pesticides; b) eradication of coca |
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Presidente Alejandro Toledo
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-USA- leaning
-Peru -mass demonstration in April |
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Juan Choque
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-Shot dead September 28
- 19 others were injured - Bolivia -Cocaleros not eradicated |
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La Paz, December 2000
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-Road block between Cocha Bamba and Santa Cruz in Chapare region
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Aja
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Another name for Chicha
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Ajamama
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Was the name of Cuzco
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Tinkuy
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An important concept in Andean society, esp. among Quechua
-Signifies the middle where any two things are joined |
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Cuy
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Guinea Pig
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Cargo System
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Traditional system - once on marries, they are obligated to give a large party (once a year)
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Falcons
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Envoys of the Apu
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Apu
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Mountian = Rich creator
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Treaty of Killin
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-1641
-Mapuche nation recognized by the European powers - 1st indigenous nation to be recognized in this way |
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When did the Mapuch first lose control of their lands?
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1885
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Pedro de Valdivio
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-Conquered Pinuche
-assassinated by Mapuche |
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Elmapun, Elchen, Ngunemapun, and Ngunechen
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Spiritual family that creates and sustains both people and nature
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Machi
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Refers to a spiritual leader, usually a woman, who maintains communication with celestial family
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Kultrun
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Sacred drum which is played during ceremonial activities
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Mapun Kuse-Fucha
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This is what is said during times of distress
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When did Argentina amend the constitution so that the Indigenous peoples' rights to the land were recognized?
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In 1994
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Bennetton
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-Italian clothing company
-bought 900,000 sq. hectares of land -also controls telecommunications in Europe and freeways |
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Alfredo Stroessner
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General - military dictator in Paraguay from 1954-1989
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Jesuit Republic
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-Paraguay
-More powerful than Rome -Was disbanded -were asked to leave country |
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Chagnon
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-Made Yanomamo famous in the 1960's
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Manaus
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This was the first city to develop an opera house in the 1940's
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Shabono
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Also called Yano or Malocas
-House of the Yanomamo -6 meters sq. per person |
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Teri
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Extended Yanomamo family
-kingroup -means people, or people of |
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Urifi
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Means "forest"
-connected to Shabono |
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Robert Carneiro
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Kuikuro
-people who lose at war become like slaves |
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When did Argentina and Chile gain independence?
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Argentina - 1810
Chile - 1818 |
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Pacification of the Arawkanan
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Chilean take-over of Mapuche land
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Campaign of the Desert
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Argentinian take-over of indigenous ppl's land
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1) 1869-1870
2) 1880 |
1) 1869-70:
Major rebellion in Chile over land. Defeated by Chilean army 2) 1880: Another revolt and defeat |
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Ona
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Lived at end of Patagonia
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Inka Cola
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- tradional soft-drink in Peru which was taken over by Coca Cola
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Guayaki
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Derrogatory term applied to the Ache people
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"Indian Problem"
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Refers to the point of view that issues with respect to Indigenous must be solved (but how, through assimilation? eradication??)
-military objective |
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May 3, 1986
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Mass celebration in Paraguay to celebrate Adolf Hitler
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Schaefer
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Nazi leader and cult leader in Chile (1974)
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Kayapo
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Patch of forest burnt to fertilize soil
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Waorani
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Live on Eastern side of Ecuador
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Huitotos
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-Live in Eastern Peru
-Feathers are important to them - parrot feathers suggest trade |
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Shipobo
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Neighbours of Huitotos that wear Western-styled clothing
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Fernando Romeo Lucas Garcia
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He, his brother, and the former defense minister are accussed of ordering 10 massacres on Indian villages in 1981 and 1982 in Guatemala
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The Burlington Oil Company
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Houston-based oil company that owns Chevron
-In Peru they own 1 oil block -In Ecuador they own 2 |
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Petrocan
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-Bombed Waoarani long houses
- 1.5 billion dollar class action suite against Chevron |
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Zebu
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-Animal from India
-Meat is consumed, but not milk |
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Jose Carlos Mariategui
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Indian Problem
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Kuikuro
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-NE Brazil near Xingu River
-Famous because of Carneiro -taboo against eating pecaries |
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Camisea
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Peru 1990's natural gas reserve found by Shell. It holds 11 trillion cubic feet
** not that Bolivia has 2nd largest oil reserve |
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Sanchez de Rosara
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Fromer Bolivian president who was overthrown who will go on trial for deaths; Must use natural gas to pay off debt
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Carlos Mesa
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Bolivia - has until May 1, 2005 to change issues centreing around natural gas...
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Rigoberta Menchu
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-Indigenous woman (Quiche) from Guatemala who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for "Me Llamo Rigoberta Menchu..."; After the deaths of her father Vicente, her mother, her 16 yr old brother, and others, went to Mexico as a refugee
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