Nasa people

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The Nasa people are an Indigenous group of the Colombian Andes known for their strong communal traditions, resistance to displacement, and active defense of their ancestral territories and cultural autonomy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nasa people canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
abbreviationOfGoverningBody CRIC ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Paez ⓘ
linked to: Páez

Páez people ⓘ
autonym Nasa ⓘ
linked to: NASA
continent South America ⓘ
cosmovision close relationship with land and territory ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
countryRecognizedAs Indigenous people of Colombia ⓘ
culturalPractice collective work (minga) ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ
use of traditional authorities ⓘ
culturalPreservationEffort defense of traditional knowledge ⓘ
maintenance of communal land use ⓘ
revitalization of Nasa Yuwe language ⓘ
department Cauca Department ⓘ
Huila Department ⓘ
Tolima Department ⓘ
Valle del Cauca Department ⓘ
governingBody Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca ⓘ
Indigenous cabildos ⓘ
hasRightClaim collective land rights ⓘ
cultural rights ⓘ
self-determination ⓘ
historicalExperience armed conflict in Colombia ⓘ
forced displacement ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
IndigenousGuardRole protection of community leaders ⓘ
territorial control ⓘ
unarmed community defense ⓘ
knownFor cultural autonomy ⓘ
defense of ancestral territories ⓘ
resistance to displacement ⓘ
strong communal traditions ⓘ
language Nasa Yuwe ⓘ
languageFamily Páezan languages ⓘ
politicalActivity Indigenous rights movement in Colombia ⓘ
territorial autonomy struggles ⓘ
populationEstimate hundreds of thousands ⓘ
primaryRegion Colombian Andes ⓘ
southwestern Colombia ⓘ
protectionMechanism Indigenous Guard (Guardia Indígena) ⓘ
religion syncretic Catholicism ⓘ
traditional Nasa spirituality ⓘ
socialOrganization cabildo system ⓘ
linked to: cabildo of Popayán

communal ⓘ
traditionalEconomy bean cultivation ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
potato cultivation ⓘ
small-scale livestock raising ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Colombia → hasIndigenousGroup → Nasa people ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Colombia
Cauca → hasIndigenousGroup → Nasa people ⓘ
Southwestern Colombia → hasIndigenousGroup → Nasa people ⓘ
subject linked to: southwestern Colombia