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| The Book |
| Chronology |
| Acronyms |
| Glossary |
| Biographies |
| Revolts |
| Documents |
| Data |
This is an Electronic Appendix of documents to accompany my book Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador’s Modern Indigenous Movements (Duke University Press, 2008).
Indigenous Ethnic Groups in Ecuador
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Area |
Ethnic Group |
Population (estimated) |
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Pacific Coast |
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Awa (Coaiquer) Chachi Epera Tsáchila (Colorados) |
1,600 6,500* 150** 2,000 |
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Sierra Highlands |
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Quichua |
3 million |
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Amazon (Oriente) |
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Quichua Cofán (A’I) Siona-Secoya Shuar (Jívaro) Achuar Huaorani (Huao or Aucas) Zaparos |
90,000 600 600 40,000 500 2,000 8*** |
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Source:
These figures are based largely on Lilyan Benítez and Alicia Garcés, Culturas ecuatorianas: ayer y hoy, 7th ed. (Quito: Ediciones Abya-Yala, 1993), except where otherwise noted.
*"Nacionalidad
Chachi," Nacionalidades Indígenas (CONAIE, Quito)
December 1995, 15.
**Interview with José
Maria Cabascango, CONAIE, December 11, 1995.
***Interview with
Alejandro Ushigua, December 6, 1996, Puyo, Ecuador.
