Cabildo Mayor del Pueblo Muisca
Named after | Indigenous organisation |
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Purpose | Education and culture Health, territory and environment Interethnic relations Linguistics |
Headquarters | Bosa, Bogotá |
Region | Altiplano Cundiboyacense Boyacá, Cundinamarca Colombia |
Official language | Muysccubun, Colombian Spanish |
Parent organization | ONIC |
The Cabildo Mayor del Pueblo Muisca is an organisation of
Background
The Muisca, meaning "people" or "person" in the indigenous language
The diverse collection of indigenous people known as Muisca or Chibchas, due to their language being part of the
During the colonial reign, the Muisca were enslaved by the Spanish and forced to pay tributes in gold, emeralds and other valuables and forced to work in the emerald, coal and salt mines present on the Altiplano. A process of evangelisation was started with the formation of the Audiencia in 1550 and the last public religious ritual of the Muisca under colonial rule took place in Ubaque in December 1563. As with other pre-Columbian civilisations in the Americas, the indigenous population dwindled because of European diseases as smallpox and typhus (65 to 85%) and the Spanish succeeded in the mestizaje of the indigenous groups; marriages between indigenous and European people.[1] The Muisca language has been considered extinct since the late eighteenth century. Modern revival of the indigenous language is present in linguistic projects. In the early colonial period, the indigenous communities of the Bogotá savanna were subdivided into two main areas; Bosa and Bogotá.[2] The locality of Bogotá, Suba, was inhabited by Muisca since around 800 AD and originally called Zhuba. During the expansion of the Colombian capital in the 1950s, conflicts with the indigenous peoples of Suba arose.[3]
Cabildo Mayor del Pueblo Muisca
Several cabildos of indigenous people were formed in Colombia in 1989. At a forum held in 1999, Los muiscas; un pueblo en reconstrucción, the Muisca communities formulated a plan for a proper organisation of their people.[4] The indigenous communities of Bosa,[5] and Suba in Bogotá and Cota,[6] Chía and Sesquilé in Cundinamarca gathered between September 20 and 22, 2002 in Bosa at the first Congreso General del Pueblo Muisca where they established the Cabildo Mayor del Pueblo Muisca, as member of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC).[7] Additionally, the Cabildo Mayor del Pueblo Muisca supports the indigenous communities of Ubaté, Tocancipá, Soacha, Ráquira and Tenjo.[8]
In 2010, two kindergartens were founded for the children of the descendants of the original Muisca.[9]
Activities
The Cabildo is active in five areas: education and culture, health, interethnic relations, territory and environment and linguistics.[7]
See also
- Spanish conquest of the Muisca
- Muisca
- Indigenous peoples of Colombia, Juan Friede
References
- ^ Francis, 2002, p.59
- ^ Herrera Ángel, 2006, p.127
- ^ (in Spanish) Pedro Gómez vs. los Muiscas: la disputa por la tierra en Suba
- ^ (in Spanish) El Cabildo Muisca de Bosa y los desafíos históricos de la ciudad multicultural
- ^ (in Spanish) Comunicado del Cabildo Indígena Muisca de Bosa
- ^ (in Spanish) Pronunciamiento público del Pueblo Ancestral Muisca de Cota
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Congreso General del Pueblo Muisca
- ^ (in Spanish) Tayrona, Emberá y Muisca
- ^ (in Spanish) Tribus indigenas desaparecidas después de la conquista europea
Bibliography
- Francis, John Michael. 2002. Población, enfermedad y cambio demográfico, 1537-1636. Demografía histórica de Tunja: Una mirada crítica. Fronteras de la Historia 7. 13-76. .
- Herrera Ángel, Marta. 2006. Transición entre el ordenamiento territorial prehispánico y el colonial en la Nueva Granada. Historia Crítica 32. 118-152. .
External links
- Gamboa Mendoza, Jorge. 2016. Los muiscas, grupos indígenas del Nuevo Reino de Granada. Una nueva propuesta sobre su organizacíon socio-política y su evolucíon en el siglo XVI - The Muisca, indigenous groups of the New Kingdom of Granada. A new proposal on their social-political organization and their evolution in the 16th century. Museo del Oro. Accessed 2017-02-20.