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The Quechua Alliance
TypeCommunity organization
FocusLanguage rights
Area served
United States
MethodEducation
Websitewww.thequechua.org

The Quechua Alliance is a community organization that promotes and celebrates Andean culture in the United States.

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Quechua Alliance

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The Quechua Alliance is a community organization that promotes and celebrates Andean culture in the United States. Since 2015, the Quechua Alliance has...

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Languages of Peru

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has many languages in use, with its official languages being Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. Spanish has been in the country since it began being taught...

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Luis Morato

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Spanish and Quechua at Ohio State University in Columbus. Professor Morató received the Quechua Award for Lifetime Achievement by The Quechua Alliance in 2019...

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Bolivian Americans

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service and manual laborers. Most of the Bolivian American population is of Quechua descent, with the majority of them hailing from the Valle Alto region of...

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Kichwa Hatari

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community. In 2017 Kichwa Hatari received the Quechua Award for Lifetime Achievement by The Quechua Alliance "Kichwa Hatari: A Revival on the Airwaves |...

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Aztec Empire

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Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance (Classical Nahuatl: Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, [ˈjéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥]) was an alliance of three Nahua city-states:...

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Clodoaldo Soto Ruiz

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on Quechua instruction. In 2015 Soto Ruiz received the Quechua Award for Lifetime Achievement by The Quechua Alliance. 1976: Diccionario quechua, Ayacucho-Chanca...

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Cusco

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Cusco or Cuzco ([ˈkusko]; Quechua: Qusqu ([ˈqɔsqɔ]) is a city in southeastern Peru near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay...

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Wiphala

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The Wiphala (Quechua pronunciation: [wɪˈpʰala], Spanish: [(ɡ)wiˈpa.la]) is a square emblem commonly used as a flag to represent some native peoples of...

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Atahualpa

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Atahualpa (/ˌætəˈwɑːlpə/), also Atawallpa (Quechua), Atabalica, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa (c. 1502 – July 1533), was the last effective Inca emperor before...

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Diospi Suyana

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indigenous Quechua people in Southern Peru. The basis for the interdenominational, evangelistic work of the hospital is the World Evangelical Alliance. The...

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Peru

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where they predominate, Quechua and other Indigenous languages. Spanish is spoken natively by 82.6% of the population, Quechua by 13.9%, and Aymara by...

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Xavier Eikerenkoetter

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shamanic training and healing and initiatory drumming techniques with Quechua (Peru), Dagara (Burkina Faso), and Sangoma (Zimbabwe) medicine men, and...

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Andean mountain cat

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It is traditionally considered a sacred animal by indigenous Aymara and Quechua people. The Andean mountain cat was first described by Emilio Cornalia...

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Andes

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Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming...

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Kingdom of Cusco

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The Kingdom of Cusco (sometimes spelled Cuzco and in Quechua Qosqo or Qusqu), also called the Cusco confederation, was a small kingdom based in the Andean...

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Ayacucho

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Ayacucho (Spanish pronunciation: [aʝaˈkutʃo] , Quechua: Ayak'uchu, derived from the words aya ("death" or "soul") and k'uchu ("corner") in honour of the...

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Josh Keaton

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first as a child, and later English. As a child, he learned to speak some Quechua from his maternal grandparents. His father is Jewish and his mother is...

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Yerba mate

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like 'what keeps us alive', but is rarely used nowadays. Mate is from the Quechua mati, a word that means 'container for a drink' and 'infusion of an herb'...

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Ethnocacerism

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first evokes Peru's ethnic identity (specifically, its origins with the Quechua, an Indigenous people often identified in the popular imagination with...

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Panakas

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kinship groups united by matrimonial ties. The panaca excluded the auqui (in Quechua Awki): awki  (crown prince), the Inca's son, who would succeed in the reign...

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Aztecs

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was organized into city-states (altepetl), some of which joined to form alliances, political confederations, or empires. The Aztec Empire was a confederation...

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South America

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Araucanian). Quechuas – make up a large part of the population of Peru and Bolivia. Are diverse as an ethnic group. The Incas spoke Southern Quechua. Selk'nam...

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Ecuador

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population, although 13 native languages are also recognized, including Quechua and Shuar. Ecuador is a representative democratic presidential republic...

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Kuraka

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A kuraka (Quechua for the principal governor of a province or a communal authority in the Tawantinsuyu), or curaca (Hispanicized spelling), was an official...

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Bolivia

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official status, of which the most commonly spoken are Guaraní, Aymara, and Quechua. Well-before Spanish colonization, the Andean region of Bolivia was part...

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Inca army

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The Inca army (Quechua: Inka Awqaqkuna) was the multi-ethnic armed forces used by the Tawantin Suyu to expand its empire and defend the sovereignty of...

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