No. 6 (1978)
Informes

Ethnological report on the Coaiquer Indians of northern Ecuador

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  • Jeffrye Ehrenreich,
  • Judith Kempf
Jeffrye Ehrenreich
New Scholl of Liberal Arts. Brooklyn College City. University of New York. Estados Unidos
Judith Kempf
New Scholl of Liberal Arts. Brooklyn College City. University of New York. Estados Unidos

Published 2021-05-04

Keywords

  • culture Coaiquer,
  • mountainous land,
  • indigeous Coaiquer

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Ehrenreich, J. ., & Kempf , . J. . (2021). Ethnological report on the Coaiquer Indians of northern Ecuador. Revista Sarance, 6, 5-20. https://doi.org/10.51306/

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Abstract

The Coaiquer Indians represent a traditional group among the Indians of Ecuador, whose culture has remained virtually unknown to the present. Its territory is located in the extreme north of Ecuador, in the province of Carchi in mountainous tropical lands. It is likely that their isolation and difficult access to their territory have contributed to this lack of information about this human group. In fact, even in the border regions where their presence is known, misconceptions and misinformation abound regarding Coaiquer life and culture, since very few people have had direct contact with the area they occupy. In this article, we therefore propose to report on the preliminary findings of our ongoing ethnographic research among the Coaiquer Indians of Ecuador, and to provide an introductory description of their life and culture and an assessment regarding their future. 

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