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Kiwe Thegnas: Guardians of the territory

Asociación de Cabildos Indígenas del Norte del Cauca
South America
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Project presentation

The Kiwe Thegnas, represent the movement of Indigenous men, women and children who, traditionally and historically, constitute a mechanism of care and protection of the organizational process of the Indigenous movement, under the tenets of Indigenous autonomy and self-government.

We, Nasa, count on 500 years of experience in protecting our ancestral territory from outside threats. When paramilitary violence surged across Colombia, including in Cauca, around the turn of the century, we chose a path of non-violent resistance, creating the Indigenous Guard or Guardia Indígena, called Kiwe Thegnas (literal translation: caretakers of the land) in the Nasa language.

The Kiwe Thegnas have the mandate to protect Indigenous territories and their inhabitants, by constantly searching for harmony and offering peaceful resistance to the war and conflict affecting their people and territories.

Organization presentation

ACIN-CWK unites 22 Indigenous authorities from North Cauca, which is home to 130,728 members of the Nasa people. We have survived autonomously, despite the colonization that began more than 500 years ago. We exercise the constitutional right to self-government.

ACIN has a governing council in which 7 councilors participate, who represent the life plans by which our governance structure is guided, and coordinate the 7 departments, called tejidos (tissues) that comprise our organization.

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The Kiwe Thegnas inspire the Colombian society as a whole, offering a peaceful alternative to the culture of violence generated by the armed conflict.

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