Political

Sitio Web del Consejo de Nacionalidades y Pueblos del Ecuador

CODENPE is the Consejo de Desarrollo de las Nacionalidades y Pueblos del Ecuador (Council for the Development of the Nations and Communities of Ecuador). This government organization oversees the development of indigenous communities in Ecuador in line with the requirements of the 1998 Constitution.

CONFENIAE

Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana (Confederation of Indigenous Nations of the Ecuadorian Amazon) is part of CONAIE (The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador). The site gives a description of the organization and its goals.

ECUARUNARI

ECUARUNARI: ECUADOR RUNACUNAPAC RICCHARIMUI, Confederación de los Pueblos de Nacionalidad Kichua del Ecuador. This is one of the largest organizations within CONAIE, representing Kichwa (Quichua) people of the sierras. The site has organizational news and a description of their history and goals.

CONAIE

Web site for CONAIE, Confederacion de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (Confederation of Indigenous Nations of Ecuador). This is the umbrella organization of the indigenous movement in Ecuador. See entries on ECUARUNARI, the member organization of the Quichua speaking people of the sierras, and CONFENIA, the member organization representing Amazonian people, including some Quichua speaking groups.

The site contains news and a description of the organization.

The Pachamama Alliance

An environmental organization focusing on rainforest preservation in Ecuador. The site features some occasional news or translations of news items from other sites about Ecuador. One of the organization's methods is to support indigenous people who they see as the rainforest's natural custodians.

CONAIE on NativeWeb

Some information on CONAIE, Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (Confederation of Indigenous Nations of Ecuador), on NativeWeb.org. This is not the official site of the organization but it contains some links and old news.

Quechua Network

A political and cultural site partially translated into French, English, Spanish and Quechua. The site contains links to news items on the main page and articles on various aspects of Quechua culture and politics. Some information on the language is also available, including an interactive flash video of Quechua pronunciation. The site itself is somewhat clunky and disorganized with the incomplete translations making navigation even more confusing, otherwise the site has some useful information.

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