Indigenous Echoes - Rio de la Plata @IndigenEchoes

Arapoy, madre guarani de Juliana Sayru, aparece en el testimonio del cacique Miguel Terecany. Menciona que Juliana tenía como padre a F. Teviquarupa e interviene para definir si era forzada a trabajar por L. de Pucheta o J. Cobo. Arapoy podría significar ‘horizonte del agua’.

Originario de Cochabamba, Juan Quispe tenía 18 años en 1611. En un proceso criminal, explica haber sido desplazado de Cochabamba a Santiago de Cotagaita. Luego, fue vendido o cedido a Blas Pereira, quien lo llevó por Santiago del Estero (Argentina) hasta llegar a Asunción.

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Originally from Cochabamba, Juan Quispe was 18 years old in 1611. In a trial, he explains that he was displaced from Cochabamba to Santiago de Cotagaita. Later, he was sold or given to Blas Pereira, who took him to Santiago del Estero (Argentina) until they reached Asunción.

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Juan Dury era un cacique guarani de un pueblo del Alto Paraguay en 1595. La aparición de Juan Dury cuestiona la herencia del cacicazgo. Juan Dury no tiene relación familiar con los caciques anteriores Mateo Yaguarape o Miguel. Dury podría significar : “ruído de golpe de gente”.

Juan Dury was a Guarani leader of Upper Paraguay in 1595. The appearance of Juan Dury questions the inheritance of the cacicazgo. Indeed, Juan Dury has no family relationship with the previous Native Leaders Mateo Yaguarape or Miguel. Dury can mean "noise of people's blow".

Cuña Gatu was a Guarani woman displaced from Asuncion to the Pantanal Chaco, present-day Brazil, in 1543. As a woman enslaved by Nuflo de Chavez, Cuña Gatu appears in a list of Chavez’s goods with another Guarani woman named Cristina, a mare, a saddle, a backpack, and shoes.

Cuña Gatu era una mujer guarani identificada en el Chaco Pantanal, actual Brasil, en 1543 como mujer esclavizada por Nuflo de Chavez. Cuña Gatu aparece en una lista de bienes de Chavez tal como otra mujer guarani llamada Cristina, una yegua, una silla, una mochila, zapatos.

Boyratin era un cacique guarani de una aldea llamada Guaza Ape en la región del Parana durante el siglo XVI. Boyratin es identificado como abuelo de Yamanday y padre de su madre Ño Yruay. Boyratin parece estar relacionado a una serpiente Mboirati o sea una víbora velluda blanca.

Boyratin was a Guarani cacique from the village Guaza Ape (Parana region) during the 16th century. Boyratin is identified as Yamanday's grandfather and father of Yamanday’s mother Ño Yruay. Boyratin seems to be related to Guarani ‘Mboirati’, literally a ‘white hairy viper’.

Abarece is a Guarani name used by three different women in 1595. A lawsuit between two encomenderos helps to identify Juana Abarece’s family members: her mother Lucia Abarece and her father Manuel Tayarapo. Abarece can mean "in front of the man" or "honest woman".

Abarece es un nombre guarani de tres mujeres en 1595. La lucha entre dos encomenderos nos permite identificar a la familia de Juana Abarece: su madre Lucia Abarece y su padre Manuel Tayarapo. Abarece podría ser traducido como “en frente del hombre” o “mujer honrada”.

Breaking the Silence of Slavery We are excited to announce work Native Bound Unbound will be engaged with in northern New Mexico, "Breaking the Silence of Slavery". This effort will be launched in 2024 thanks to the support and collaboration with Northern Rio Grande National…

Cautiviada de los Indios Yutas In 1716, New Mexico Governor Félix Martínez waged a campaign against the Comanche and Utes. Numerous Indigenous people were captured as a part of the campaign. These captives were later sold by the governor and his brother in Nueva Vizcaya, an…

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Comy era una mujer #saycoci esclavizada por Nuflo de Chaves en 1543 en el Alto #Paraguay y luego deportada en Asunción. En 1547, fue vendida al sacerdote Martín González. Como algunos nativos esclavizados del #Chaco de la época, Comy aparece marcada al hierro en la cara.

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Comy was a #Saycoci woman forced to serve Nuflo de Chaves in 1543 in Upper #Paraguay and then deported to #Asuncion. In 1547, she was enslaved by the priest Martin Gonzalez. Like other enslaved Natives from the #Chaco at the time, Comy is described as branded on her face.

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In 1598, Anton Guariare was a #Guarani leader of a village in Upper Paraguay who appeared in a lawsuit between two encomenderos, Camelo and Gaitán, who were fighting to enslave his community. Guariare means "falling grasshopper" in Guarani and is related to the #PaiTavytera.

En 1598, Antón Guariare era líder #guarani de un pueblo del Alto #Paraguay que aparecía en un juicio entre dos encomenderos, Camelo y Gaitán, que luchaban por esclavizar a su comunidad. Guariare significa en guarani "saltamontes que cae" y está asociado a la cultura Pai Tavyterä.

Juliana, mujer #guaraní, fue esclavizada en Asunción por el español Nuño de Cabrera. En 1540, se menciona que Juliana utilizó una planta, mbacucú, para envenenar a su amo, por lo que fue condenada a muerte. Hoy sigue siendo en Paraguay un símbolo de #resistencia al colonialismo.

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Juliana, a #Guarani woman, was enslaved in Asuncion by the Spanish Nuño de Cabrera. In 1540, her trial mentioned she used a plant, mbacucu, to poison her master, and so was sentenced to death. Today, she is well-known in Paraguay as a symbol of #resistance to colonialism.

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