The U'wa are an indigenous people living in the cloud forests of northeastern Colombia. Historically, the U'wa numbered as many as 20,000, scattered over a homeland that extended across the Venezuela-Colombia border. Some 7-8,000 U'wa are alive today.

U’wa are an indigenous people comprising approximately 10,649 people. They are distributed among 22 communities and live in the departments of Northern and Southern Santander, Norte de Santander, Boyaca, Casanare, and Arauca, extending up …

2019年8月20日 · The indigenous U’wa who live in the foothills and forests of northeast Colombia’s Andes perpetuate all life by protecting it. The U’wa believe that their homeland is where the world began, and that everything—land, trees, river and sky—is alive and therefore sacred.

The U'wa are an indigenous group comprising around 6,000 people. They are distributed among 22 communities and live in the departments of Northern and Southern Santander, Boyaca, Casanare, and Arauca, extending up until the Colombian border with Venezuela.

2010年4月9日 · The U'wa tribe is fighting the environmental and human injustices that Oxy continues to commit against their people and their land. Their media campaigns, public education drives, and demonstrations have yielded successful results.

The U'wa People: History, Beliefs, and Land. According to legend, a group of U'wa Indians, led by Chief Guaiticu, killed themselves during the seventeenth century rather than submit to Spanish conquistadors (conquerors) who planned to enslave them.

2024年12月20日 · After three decades of resistance and the pursuit of justice, the U’wa people achieved a historic ruling that recognizes their rights to participate in cultural life, a healthy environment, access to information, a dignified life, and collective property.

The '''U'wa people''' are an indigenous people living in the cloud forests of northeastern Colombia. Historically, the U'wa numbered as many as 20,000, scattered over a homeland that extended across the Venezuela-Colombia border. Some 7-8,000 U'wa are alive today.

2023年5月2日 · In a historic hearing, leaders and members of the Indigenous nation asserted their territorial and cultural rights as original inhabitants and guardians of the land. The U’wa Indigenous People...

Since the 1990s, the U’wa people have protested against the exploitation of fossil fuels in their territory in north-east Colombia (Image: Jorge Sánchez / Earth Rights International) U’wa people contest oil projects, land claims and human rights violations in landmark case for Latin America.