Council of the Charrúa Nation
Consejo de la Nación Charrúa | |
| Abbreviation | CONACHA |
|---|---|
| Formation | June 25, 2005 |
| Type | Nonprofit, NGO |
| Focus | Charrúa identity |
| Location |
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The Council of the Charrúa Nation (Spanish: Consejo de la Nación Charrúa, acronym CONACHA) is a non-profit organization based in Uruguay. It is an umbrella organization, conceived to rescue, preserve and disseminate the identity and culture of the descendants of the Charrúa native indians, as well as to contribute to the construction of the national identity and to vindicate indigenous ancestors.[1] It comprises several groups, among others: Basquadé Inchalá, Grupo Sepé, Guyunusa, Grupo Berá, Grupo Pirí.[2] Another organization, the Association of Descendants of the Charrúa Nation, was among the founding members, but they quit in 2015, citing irreconcilable differences.[3]
It is believed that there are approximately between 160,000 and 300,000 individuals in Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil today who are descendants of surviving Charrúa.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "CONACHA". Mapeo de la Sociedad Civil (in Spanish). Uruguay. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ Arocena, Felipe (29 October 2015). "¿Quién es descendiente indígena en el siglo XXI?". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "ADENCH no longer belongs to CONACHA". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). 21 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ Alayón, Wilfredo (28 March 2011). "Uruguay and the memory of the Charrúa tribe". The Prisma. Retrieved 20 Dec 2011.
External links
[edit]- "Consejo de la Nación Charrúa - CONACHA". consejonacioncharrua.blogspot.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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