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Who we are
One People, one territory, one self-government
ACIMVIP is an Association of Indigenous Cabildos (Indigenous traditional authority) and/or Traditional Authorities, constituted under Decree 1088 of 1993 as a special public-law entity, that brings together the Cabildos of the Inga Indigenous People with territory in Villagarzón, Puerto Guzmán and Mocoa, department of Putumayo.
ACIMVIP institutional video
Who we are, how we organize ourselves and what we defend, told by our communities.
About our Association →1An ancient Inga Indigenous People
The Inga People, whose language belongs to the Quechua family, live in the Andean-Amazonian foothills of southern Colombia.
13Indigenous authorities represented
The governors of the Cabildos and the authority of the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi.
13Indigenous Cabildos represented
The twelve community Cabildos and the Cabildo of the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi, as the Statutes state.
12communities represented
Seven reserve communities, the four of the shared Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi Reserve and that of the Cabildo Atun Taita Ambi Upiadiru.
585Indigenous families
Families of the twelve communities in ACIMVIP's own census: total only.
2.635people of the Inga People
Elders, women, men, youth and children, according to ACIMVIP's own census: total only.
Territory
Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi · Vida Maskarigridiru
Our Ancestral Territory in the Middle Putumayo, in Villagarzón, Puerto Guzmán and Mocoa: titled reserves, the area where we live and sacred places cared for by the Wasikamas, the Inga Indigenous Guard. It is a single territory lived in two belts.
The Ancestral TerritoryNukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi · Vida Maskarigridiru: the three rings, the recognition by the JEP and what threatens it→
The Nukanchipa ReserveThe Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi and its four Cabildos→
Our communitiesThe seven reserves, the shared Reserve with its four Cabildos and the Cabildo yet to be constituted→
Our territory extends across Putumayo · Middle PutumayoHow much of the area and population of each municipality is ethnic territory and people→
Defence of the territory
Our struggles for the dignity and rights of the People and the territory
The Ancestral Territory has been defended since colonisation began. Today we defend prior consent and self-determination against carbon-credit projects we did not consent to, oil and large roads; we defend our title and our knowledge; we defend peace; and we care for the environment as first responders.
Our struggles for prior consent and self-determination
Our forests are not sold without our consent
A carbon-credit project was signed over the territory without the consent our self-government requires. We filed a constitutional action (tutela) and are investigating who uses those credits.
We demand of: the project companies (Yauto, Carbo Sostenible, Aracea and others), their certifier and their verifier
About this struggle (in Spanish) →The long struggle against extractive industries
La Cabaña is the emblematic case: licensed without consultation in 2014, suspended in 2015 and never restored. There are seven more consultation processes.
We demand of: the operator with a consultation in the territory (Gran Tierra Energy)
About this struggle (in Spanish) →Ruta al Sur: consultation before the road
A public-private partnership megaproject crosses our territory in its Functional Unit 7. In 2016 it was certified that there were no Indigenous communities; we demand consultation on the whole unit, with all the ethnic subjects of the territory.
We demand of: the Ruta al Sur concessionaire, the National Infrastructure Agency and the Ministry of the Interior
About this struggle (in Spanish) →Defence of ancestrality, medicine and knowledge
They are not oil companies, but they also put the territory at risk: the dispute over the collective title and the commercial use of our medicine and our knowledge.
Annulment, colonisation and false doubts about our ancestrality
Thirty claimants seek to annul the agreement that constituted the Reserve. The case is on appeal before the Council of State; the Reserve remains in force.
Against: the claim to annul the collective title
About this struggle (in Spanish) →Defending our medicine, our knowledge and our biodiversity
Medicine, knowledge and sacred sites are not merchandise or a tourist destination without the consent of our authorities.
Against: the commercial use of our medicine, our knowledge and biodiversity without the consent of our authorities
About this struggle (in Spanish) →Join the defense of the territory: file an amicus curiae at second instance
Two cases at second instance: the tutela for prior consent against the carbon-credit project, and the defence of the Reserve title before the Council of State.
Amicus curiae: tutela action for consent → Defence of the Reserve →
Our allies
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Iachaikungapa · To learn
Learn Inga, beyond greetings
Words by topic, phrases for daily life and the voice of our speakers, to learn at home, at school or from afar. And the booklet Nukanchipa Rimai, to read the language from the territory.
Nukanchipa rimai · Our language
Listen in Inga
Children's songs sung in Inga by girls and boys of our communities, and a glossary with the voice of each word.
Learn words in IngaMuiuri series: Ingakuna Sugllapi Tukuspa and Polimorfo Cine (2026).
Kallaringapa AmchikunawaStarting with the children · San Miguel de la Castellana
PallaiThe harvest · Blasiaku
Our channel
See the @acimvip channel →
2021 · Kusikui Puncha: Carnival of Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Chaluayaco Reserve
2021 · Strengthening the Wasikamas, the Inga Indigenous Guard
2021 · Protection workshops in the San Miguel de la Castellana Reserve
16 videosACIMVIP in the media and with allies
5 videosOrganisational and cultural memory
Visit us
Barrio Las Villas, calle 14D con carrera 6E
Villagarzón, Putumayo
How to get there
Coordinates: 1.024921, −76.613985
Contact us
Barrio Las Villas, calle 14D con carrera 6E, Villagarzón, Putumayo
General Secretariat · WhatsApp only: +57 320 432 8075
Communications · calls and WhatsApp: +57 310 276 6188 · WhatsApp
Email: asociacioningaacimvip@gmail.com
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