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The Circum-Caribbean cultural region was characterized by anthropologist Julian Steward, who edited the Handbook of South American Indians. [1] It spans indigenous peoples in the Caribbean, Central American, and northern South America, the latter of which is listed here.
Women indigenous leaders of the Americas (3 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Indigenous women of the Americas" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Women Native American leaders (1 C, 104 P) Pages in category "Women indigenous leaders of the Americas" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Brindis de Salas is the first Black woman in Latin America to publish a book. The 1947 title Pregón de Marimorena discussed the exploitation and discrimination against Black women in Uruguay. 24.
Indigenous peoples in Colombia. In South America, Indigenous peoples comprise the Pre-Columbian peoples and their descendants, as contrasted with people of European ancestry and those of African descent. In Spanish, indigenous peoples are referred to as pueblos indígenas (lit. ' indigenous peoples '), or pueblos nativos (lit. ' native peoples ').
Some indigenous groups such as the Wayuu hold a matriarchal society in which a woman's role is central and the most important for their society. Women belonging to indigenous groups were highly targeted by the Spanish colonizers during the colonial era. Many indigenous women were subject to slavery, rape and the loss of their cultural identity. [6]
It’s a pandemic within the pandemic. Across Latin America, gender-based violence has spiked since COVID-19 broke out.Almost 1,200 women disappeared in Peru between March 11 and June 30, the ...
In the Indigenous community of Turucu, near the active Cotacachi volcano in northern Ecuador, soccer had always been a man’s thing. You cannot push rivals or take them by the arms and you cannot ...