Chimborazo

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Chimborazo has more Indigenous peoples than any other province in Ecuador. About forty percent of Chimborazo's population, or 250,000 people, is Indigenous. The principle groups noted for their distinctive dress are the Cachas, Lictos, Coltas, Calpis, Pulucates and others.

[edit] History

Historically, Chimborazo has gained a reputation as the location of Ecuador's most rebellious highland Indigenous peoples. Fernando Daquilema characterizes this history of rebellion. For a week in December of 1871, Daquilema launched an uprising from his community of Yaruquíes. It quickly spread to neighboring communities before being put down. A central issue in this struggle was not land, but taxes which Indigenous people were forced to pay to the Church and the state. This uprising is remembered as one of the largest, strongest, and most important in the nineteenth century in Ecuador. Indigenous leaders in Chimborazo during the June 1990 uprising would make reference to Daquilema as part of their history of struggle against the dominant culture.

[edit] Organizations

The Ecuadorian Federation of Evangelical Indians (FEINE) has its roots in Chimborazo's evangelical Indigenous population.