The Caribbean, Trinidad and the Guianas
Uwottüja
Lands
The Autana, Cuao, Sipapo and Guayapo rivers and the middle Orinoco, Amazonas state, Venezuela
Countries Venezuela
Facts 3
Today
In 2020 Uwottüja communities of the Autana, Cuao, Sipapo and Guayapo rivers met at Pendare and declared themselves guardians of their territory.
As of 2020 Source: Pueblo Indígena Uwottüja, published by the Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela, Pronunciamiento del Pueblo Indígena Uwottüja de los habitantes de los cuatro ríos Autana, Cuao, Sipapo, Guayapo y el sector Orinoco Medio (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
Venezuela's statistics institute notes that Piaroa is still used instead of the people's own name, Wótüja, a word non-Indigenous speakers find hard to say and that communities spell in several ways.
As of 2011 Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Venezuela, Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2011: Empadronamiento de la Población Indígena (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Governance
The Uwottüja held their first congress as a people in 1984, uniting around the defense of their ancestral lands 'like one churuata, with one voice'.
Source: Pueblo Indígena Uwottüja, published by the Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela, Pronunciamiento del Pueblo Indígena Uwottüja de los habitantes de los cuatro ríos Autana, Cuao, Sipapo, Guayapo y el sector Orinoco Medio (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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