#peruvian indigenous

[hope-for-the-planet]

From the article:

On May 21, twenty communities in the Peruvian Amazon received long-awaited legal titles to their traditional lands, marking a significant victory in the struggle for Indigenous peoples’ land rights and environmental protection. Encompassing approximately 75,000 acres, an area three times the size of Manhattan, the titles were delivered during a well-attended ceremony in the Huitoto Murui Indigenous community of Centro Arenal, in the state of Loreto. Indigenous leaders traveled from remote rivers that feed into the Amazon to receive their titles in person. Local and state officials also attended. “Today we can say that our lands are indeed ours, and we can defend ourselves from any aggression that arrives at our community,” said Anibal Oliveira, Indigenous Ticuna leader of the San Salvador community. Last year, an innovative strategy devised with our partners allowed Rainforest Foundation US to secure more land titles in ten months than in the previous three years. Now, in 2024, we are already surpassing that record. An additional 10,500 acres of titles are expected to be delivered to communities in the same region over the next couple months.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Pair of Ear Spools.

Date: A.D. 1000-1470

Place of origin: Central Coast, Perú

Culture: Chancay or Inca

Period: Late Intermediate-Late Horizon

Medium: Feathers, adhesive, gourd, and leather.

[reasonsforhope]

"The Sierra del Divisor Occidental Indigenous Reserve, created in May 2024, spans over half a million hectares (over 1.2 million acres) in the Peruvian departments of Ucayali and Loreto.

The Indigenous People’s Regional Organization of the Eastern Amazon (ORPIO) described the creation of the reserve as a victory — not only for the Indigenous people who call it home, but also for those who defend human rights and the environment in Peru.

Indigenous activists say the government must now create a protection plan for the reserve in order to guarantee not only the protection of Indigenous people living in isolation and initial contact, but also to support the communities surrounding the reserve in fulfilling their basic needs.

In May 2024, Indigenous organizations in Peru’s Amazon achieved a milestone in a campaign that lasted for almost two decades. Indigenous peoples living in isolation and initial contact (PIACI) will be protected within the recently declared Sierra del Divisor Occidental Indigenous Reserve, a territory they’ve long inhabited — and place where they have historically faced pressures that threaten their existence.

The Indigenous reserve spans 515,114 hectares (over 1.2 million acres) in the Peruvian departments of Ucayali and Loreto. The Peruvian government officially recognized several isolated Indigenous communities that will be protected within the reserve: the Remo (or Isconahua), the Mayoruna (Matsé and Matís), and the Kapanawa.

“We are going to pay attention and fight for the defense of our PIACI brothers and their rights. We want this wonder of the human race, which still exists in this corner of the world in which we live, to be respected for decades,” said Apu Beltrán Sandi Tuituy, the president of the Indigenous People’s Regional Organization of the Eastern Amazon (ORPIO). ORPIO is a collection of 40 Peruvian Indigenous federations and is one of the Indigenous organizations that promoted the creation of the reserve.

In 2005, the Federation of Native Communities of Lower Ucayali (FECONBU), with support from the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP), began the process for officially recognizing the Indigenous reserve. However, it wasn’t until 2018 that the Multisectoral Commission of Law #27836 — also known as PIACI Law — approved the Preliminary Recognition Study. This study obtains scientific evidence confirming the existence of isolated or recently contacted peoples. The Supreme Decree, which declared the recognition of these particular communities living in isolation, was published in 2019.

A new decree, published on May 22, 2024, states that the goal of the reserve’s declaration is to protect the rights, territory, and conditions that will ensure the existence and integrity of the Indigenous people living in isolation. This includes the use and management of natural resources for their survival.

“The creation of the Sierra del Divisor Occidental Indigenous Reserve represents a victory — not only for the PIACI, but also for those who defend human rights and the environment in Peru. It is a testament to the resilience and strength of the Indigenous communities and a reminder of the importance of protecting and preserving ancestral territories,” said ORPIO."

-via Mongabay News, July 31, 2024

[arthistoryanimalia]

Quechua jar representing a bull, c. 1935-1945

Pucará, Peru

Pottery, clay slip, glaze, paint

33.00 x 11.50 x 27.50 cm

Smithsonian NMAI 20/8146

Records on similar pieces in the collection note they demonstrate how Inca llama ritual iconography was transferred onto the Spanish bull.

[latin-american-diversity]

Alpaquera by Alexander Cinque

Alina Surquislla Gomez, a third-generation alpaquera (alpaca-farmer), cradles a baby alpaca on the way to her family’s summer pastures, in Oropesa, Peru. The climate crisis is forcing herders, many of whom are women, to search for new pastures, often in difficult terrain.

[maripoorsa]

Source: crocoqueen on instagram

[baebeylik]

Single Spout Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Duck. Chimú. Peru. 1000-1400 CE.

Art Institute of Chicago.

[andeanbeauties]

So apparently Swedish and Polish facial reconstructionists decided to try to recreate the famous Incan "Ice Maiden" mummy dubbed "Juanita".

Truthfully, I feel like these European reconstructionists ( do not know how to re-create Andean facial features and the results ended up... terribly uncanny. So down below, with the use of photoshop, I edited the bust with more Andean Indigenous Peruvian facial features to honor the "Ice Maiden".

My version:

I made her brows straighter and longer, got rid of the cleft chin, gave her a down-turned mouth, broader lips (not small), I made her lips a little larger too and I made her nose longer/bigger and wider around the nasal Ala. I also broadened her nostrils a tad

and I made her under-eyes more puffy

I widened her bone structure

I emphasized her sideburns

My version (on top):

original (white euros created) below:

I hope that in the future, more Andean/Indigenous Peruvian facial reconstructionists have opportunities to work on revealing the faces of their kin and ancestors. We needed more andean people involved in her reconstruction.

Let me know what you think of my edits down below too!

I hope you enjoy them!

the original article can be read here:

[a-pint-of-j-and-b]

Kukuli | 1961 | Luis Figueroa Yábar | Peru

"Kukuli, a young Quechua-speaking llama herder, leaves her grandparents in the countryside of Cusco to attend the Feast of Mamacha Carmen in the town of Paucartambo."

[katiajewelbox]

A anthropomorphic cat from ancient Peru. There is archeological evidence that ancient Peruvians independently domesticated cats and kept them as treasured companions. Cats featured prominently in ancient Peruvian art, such as this textile from the northern coast of Peru dated to 900 - 1100 CE.

There is not much cultural context for this fragment of a long vanished civilisation, but I hypothesise that it could be a cat shape shifting into a human or a human becoming cat like. In Indigenous American cultures, the theme of blurring the line between human and animal in spiritual life and ritual is a reoccurring theme. What happened to the ancient domestic cats of Peru? It's unknown whether modern day pet cats in Peru are their descendants or if the ancient moggies died out. Perhaps this art tells us that those clever cats learned to take on human forms and they still exist as werecats among the indigenous Peruvian population.... This is the exact premise of one of my folk horror fiction story ideas!

[thepastisalreadywritten]

[huariqueje]

Protests in Peru while president presents her speech on the occasion of independence 28 july 2023

Police clash with protesters in Peru as President Boluarte calls for bro...

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #Caturday:

Ceramic bottle modeled in the form of a standing feline, decorated with resist-painted motif. Gallinazo style (aka Virú culture), NW Peru, Early Intermediate Period, c. 200 BCE - 600 CE. Spotted at the American Museum of Natural History NYC.

PS: this vessel may depict the Peruvian subspecies of Pampas Cat aka Northern Colocolo (Leopardus colocola garleppi). The Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita) is also often suggested, but their range is more southern and higher elevation than where the Virú were? Also note the stripier legs on the Colocolo similar to the ceramic:

[carito-dorito]

WE ARE NOT TERRUCOS WE ARE NOT EVEN FOR CASTILLO ANYMORE WE WANT FREEDOM

INDIGENOUS TEENS, CHILDREN, WOMEN ARE DEAD NOW

THE DEATH TOLL GOES BEYOND 60 PEOPLE AND WE'RE THE SECOND COUNTRY WITH MORE DEATHS IN PROTESTS AFTER COLOMBIA

EVERY MISSED AND DEAD COP AND PEOPLE ARE IMMEDIATELY DISMISSED BY THE CONGRESS (2021-VRAEM AND CURRENTLY WITH THE COP WHO WAS BURNED ALIVE) THEY WANT TO PUT ALL THE BLAME TO THE PROTESTERS

THE ARMY AND COPS ARE EVERYWHERE READY TO "PROTECT DEMOCRACY"

DINA IS THE PUPPET OF THE ALT RIGHT THAT HAS CENSORED RAPISTS, MURDERERS AND DEFENDED THEM

THEY ARE THE REASON WHY WE HAVE STRICT ANTICHOICE LAWS

THERE ARE COPS AND SOLDIERS ON THE STREET

IF YOU SAY YOU CARE FOR MINORITIES PLEASE REBLOG, REBLOG AND SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE

[baebeylik]

Killer Whale Effigy. Peru. 100 BCE-700 CE.

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

[pattytacuri]

poetry: ayahuasca ceremony for $900 in South Carolina

I wrote this poem in December of 2023. my culture is not up for appropriation, my culture is not up for colonizers to profit off from itI can hear my ancestors cursing in their graveshaunting white people in their dreams over the atrocity they’re committingit’s blasphemous to use their most sacred ceremony for the business of “healing���why must white people in 2023 continue to steal from the…