Kichwa amazonico_Kotokocha-ENG.pptx

The Amazonian Kichwa People, Kotokocha Community, Ecuador

EPSULA Team

The Amazonian Kichwa People, Kotokocha, Ecuador

__________________________________________________________

General Informatıon Source: EPSULA, USC Name: Amazonian Kichwa Ethnonym: The Kotokocha community, for instance, refer to themselves as to NApu Runa, ie. People from Napo. Linguistic Group: Quechua Approximate population of Kichwa People: 550 000

Location: Napo region, specifically in the Pastaza province

Map: EPSULA, 2024

Photo: EPSULA, UDA 2023

Society The Amazonian Kichwa people live in the Ecuadorian part of Amazonia, in the provinces of Napo and Sucumbíos, as well as along the borders of Colombia and Peru. Members from the Kotokocha community, who call themselves Napu Runa, use the term "Kichwa shimi" for their language, which translates to "Kichwa language" or "Runashimi," meaning "people's language". Another group is the Kichwa Canelos, also known as Kichwa del Pastaza or Pastaza Runa. They are primarily farmers, cultivating crops like yucca (manioc) and supplementing their diet with traditional hunting and gathering, and possess extensive knowledge of medicinal plants and fruit trees.

EPSULA recommends watching Interview with Klever Chango LINKS to other videos from the same region inhabited by Amazonian Kichwa communities:

Photo: EPSULA, UDA, 2023