| FT-51769-03 | Research Programs: Summer Stipends | Brett Troyan | A quest for the Indian communal spirit: Gregorio Hernandez de Alba and the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Southwestern Colombia | 6/1/2003 - 7/31/2003 | $5,000.00 | Brett | | Troyan | | | | SUNY Research Foundation, College at Cortland | Cortland | NY | 13045-0900 | USA | 2003 | Latin American History | Summer Stipends | Research Programs | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 |
The indigenous movement in Colombia obtained 25 percent of the national territory, judicial autonomy, and funds for the local councils of reservations/resguardos in the Constitution of 1991. This was a remarkable political feat considering that Colombia’s indigenous peoples represent only 1.7 percent of a total population of forty million. In this summer project I focus specifically on the director and founder of the Division of Indigenous Affairs, Gregorio Hernández de Alba (1904-1976) who played a crucial role in constructing an alliance between indigenous groups and the Colombian state. |