Election of the 2021 board of the Cabildo of the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi

On 20 December 2020 the election of the board of the Cabildo of the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi was held, recorded in assembly minutes, in the settlement of the Cabildo Nukanchipa Taita Kausadiru, perteneciente al Resguardo Indígena Inga de Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi – Vereda Alto Alguacil, in the Municipality of Villagarzón, Putumayo, Colombian Amazon.

The communities that are part of Agreement 113 of 2020 constituting the reserve, issued by the National Land Agency, «in compliance with the self-government mandate Mandate of the Elders Suma Kausangapa of the Inga People of Villagarzón, founded on one of its principles as a Native people; guided by the use of its Ancestral Medicine for this kind of process; whereby, through the guidance of the elders and wise people and thanks to their counsel, the best decisions are taken for the benefit of their communities; after the ceremony of 19 December 2020, conducted by the Iachas Sinchis and held at the tambo of the Cabildo Nukanchipa Taita Kausadiru, perteneciente al Resguardo Indígena Inga de Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi, the minga to elect the board of the Cabildo of the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi was held, in accordance with the uses and customs of the Inga People.

After deliberation, review of the process and nomination of candidates, the assembly of the 4 communities (Alparumiyaco Alto San Juan Las Delicias Cabildo (Indigenous traditional authority), Nukanchipa Taita Kausadiru Cabildo, Musu Waira Sacha Nucanchipa Cabildo and Cachiacu Andaki Cabildo) that make up the Inga Indigenous Resguardo of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi appointed by mandate the following board:

FULL NAME	POSITION
Uver Medardo Muchavisoy	Gobernador
Camilo Arteaga Cabrera	Alcalde Mayor
Ever Diomedes Buesaquillo	Alcalde Menor
Mesías Sigindioy	Alguacil Mayor
Jhon Freddy Díaz Garzón	Alguacil Menor
Luz Angélica Sigindioy	Secretaria
José William Arteaga	Tesorero

2021 board of the Cabildo of the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi

Photo: Acimvip, 20 December 2020

Finally, the assembly of authorities established by mandate the following main pillars for the exercise of its self-government in 2021:

1. Protection and safeguarding of the Territory of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi - Regularisation of the Reserve. (Transfer of land titles to the name of the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi).
2. Strengthening of self-government and own justice.
3. Own Education.
4. Culture
5. Own Health.
6. Own Economy.

Thus the authorities in assembly called for effective compliance with the government mandate, within the framework of the uses, customs and own ways of life of the Inga People of Villagarzón, the council of elders, the authorities, the Iachas Sinchis and the international and national legal framework; the board was specifically entrusted with advancing the defence and vindication of the rights of its communities and of the Inga People of Villagarzón.