{"id":1878,"date":"2014-01-31T16:41:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T16:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/?page_id=1878"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:12:00","slug":"pueblo-originario-kichwa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/en\/tayjasaruta\/pueblo-originario-kichwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Kichwa People of Sarayaku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(70deg,#75a206 20%,#746530 38%,#a71212); -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; color: #75a206; letter-spacing: -1.12px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase; position: relative; filter: drop-shadow(1px 1px 0.7px #101010); text-align: center;\"><strong>Original Kichwa People of Sarayaku<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-1201928308\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-990831389\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">We are a native Kichwa people, made up of seven community centers (Kalikali, Sarayakillu, Chuntayaku, Mawkallakta, Shiwakucha, Kushilu Urku and Puma), we have a territorial extension of approximately 135 thousand hectares located, in the Amazon region, <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provincia_de_Pastaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">province of pastaza<\/a>.<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2072630604\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2102640535\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/699559800_1400240842127808_7567379191634578214_n-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/699559800_1400240842127808_7567379191634578214_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/699559800_1400240842127808_7567379191634578214_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/699559800_1400240842127808_7567379191634578214_n-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/699559800_1400240842127808_7567379191634578214_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/699559800_1400240842127808_7567379191634578214_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/699559800_1400240842127808_7567379191634578214_n-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/699559800_1400240842127808_7567379191634578214_n-510x383.jpg 510w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/699559800_1400240842127808_7567379191634578214_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2102640535 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-656213814\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1764918932\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">In this part of the country, there is no highway. To get to <a href=\"http:\/\/sarayaku.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sarayaku<\/a> You must go by river or air. The population (1400 inhabitants) lives in a traditional way, from fishing, hunting, agriculture and gathering.<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">There is a long history from the arrival of the &quot;Tayakkuna&quot;, founders and ancestors to the current Sarayaku people, known as the great defender of collective rights and of the Pachamama against colonizing systems, invasions and external aggressions. We have a great track record and an important role in the organization of the native peoples and nationalities of the country. We are legally recognized by the State as the Original Kichwa People of Sarayaku or<br \/>TAYJASARUTA, represented by our Governing Council, with the Congress and the Assembly being the highest authority.<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1621823036\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1561414943\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kawsak-sacha-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kawsak-sacha-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kawsak-sacha-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kawsak-sacha-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kawsak-sacha-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kawsak-sacha-510x680.jpg 510w, https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kawsak-sacha.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1561414943 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku \u00a0 Somos un pueblo originario kichwa, conformado por siete centros comunitarios (Kalikali, Sarayakillu, Chuntayaku, Mawkallakta, Shiwakucha, Kushillu Urku y Puma),contamos con una extensi\u00f3n territorial de aproximadamente 135 mil hect\u00e1reas ubicado, en la regi\u00f3n amaz\u00f3nica, provincia de Pastaza. En esta parte del pa\u00eds, no existe carretera. Para llegar a Sarayaku [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":700,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1878","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.1 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sarayaku, Pueblo Originario Kichwa del Medio D\u00eda,est\u00e1 ubicado en la parte oriental del Ecuador o regi\u00f3n amaz\u00f3nica.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sarayaku.org\/en\/tayjasaruta\/pueblo-originario-kichwa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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