Keywords
indigenous communities
Cauca
Indigenous guard
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Abstract
In social contexts afflicted by high intensities of conflict and violence, black communities, peasantand indigenous communities in Colombia have given different meanings to civil resistance that meet the needs of particular contexts and the different forms of violence that afflict them. The Cauca region is known for its tradition of indigenous organization and its resistance against the landlords and the state. The civil resistance of the indigenous movement exercise autonomy and includes several elements such as community and political participation, the IndigenousGuard and permanent assemblies. Due to the work of organizing the communities are able to give a response to the situation of war in the area. The Indigenous Guard is controlled by the indigenous authorities, and originated from the need to preserve the integrity and autonomy of the territory, defend the rights of indigenous peoples, and disseminate indigenous culture and law. In relation to the guerrilla movement the Association of Indigenous Communities of Northern Cauca recognizes that the guerrilla has historically been another form of resistance to the state and defender of indigenous peoples’ rights and demand from the guerrilla respect for their culture, customs, lands and territories.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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