Ecuadorian Ethnocide and Indigenous Ethnogenesis: Amazonian Resurgence Amidst Andean Colonialism. IWGIA Document No. 23.

Autor/in	Whitten, Norman E., Jr.
Institution	International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Copenhagen (Denmark).
Titel	Ecuadorian Ethnocide and Indigenous Ethnogenesis: Amazonian Resurgence Amidst Andean Colonialism. IWGIA Document No. 23.
Quelle	(1976), (39 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	American Indians; Colonialism; Cultural Background; Culture Conflict; Foreign Countries; Group Dynamics; History; Identification (Psychology); Lower Class; Political Attitudes; Racism; Rural Areas; Rural Development; Social History; Socioeconomic Background; Ecuador; South America + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? American Indian; Indianer; Kolonialismus; Kulturkonflikt; Ausland; Gruppendynamik; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Rassismus; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Sozialgeschichte; Sozioökonomische Lage; Südamerika
Abstract	Just east of the Andes live two of the largest concentrations of tropical forest Indians in central Ecuador. Both speak Quichua which is a language long associated with Incaic expansion in the highlands and well known as a lower-class, rural, "Indian" means of communication in contemporary highland Ecuador. These Jungle Quichua live near the towns of Puyo and Tena, each the capital of a province. All native Quichua speakers refer to themselves as Runa. About 10,000 people participate in the Canelos Quichua culture, and about 20,000 more lowland Ecuadorian native peoples speak mutually intelligible dialects. Historically the Canelos Quichua are characterized by nearly 400 years of sporadic relationships with Catholic missions and missionaries. Since 1947, the Puyo Runa have lived on an Indigenous commune encompassing 17,000 hectares of some of the most rugged jungle territory in eastern Ecuador. Focusing on the Canelos Quichua who in their total situation vis-a-vis national culture and national policies, may be taken as a microcosm of cultural continuity-cultural change, and ethnogenetic-ethnocidal dynamics in Amazonian-Andean settings, this paper illustrates the dual complementaries of cultural continuity and cultural change and of ethnocide and ethnogenesis. Discussed are the cultural markers of the Canelos Quichua, their historical background, national categories, recent Puyo Runa history, national culture and native rights, internal colonialism, ethnocide, and racism. (Author/NQ)
Anmerkungen	International Secretariat of IWGIA, Frederiksholms Kanal 4A, DK 1220 Copenhagen K, Denmark ($1.40)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC