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The Federación Shuar and the colonization frontier
Cultural transformations and ethnicity in modern Ecuador • Urbana • Published In 1981 • Pages: 589-613
By: Salazar, Ernesto.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, Salazar documents the formation and activities of the Shuar Federation in lowland Ecuador. Although this pan-Shuar organization is contrary to Shuar egalitarian values and sectarianism, it was necessary step in face of colonization forces on what is the Ecuador frontier. Salazar discusses the activities of the Salesian missionaries and their role in the Federation's formation. He notes their about face in missionizing efforts towards respecting and preserving the indigenous culture He describes the structure of the Federation, which is made up hamlet-size administrative units called CENTROS and encompassing ASOCIACIONES One of the first goals of the Federation was to establish legal possession of land, working with an the official government agency. The Federation also organized a network of 138 radio elementary schools and published textbooks and newspapers. In the last part of the paper, Salazar discusses the interethnic tension on the frontier between the Federation and colonizers, who are represented by their own organization
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Real property
- Ethnic stratification
- Community structure
- Territorial hierarchy
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Jivaro
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Unknown
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964-1978
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ecuador
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ernesto Salazar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 612-613)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81004402
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jivaro Indians/Shuar Indians