INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN DECLARED
At the Second Meeting of Organizations and Movements of America, in Tihuanacu, Bolivia, it was decided to celebrate the International Day of Indigenous Women on September 5th—the date in 1781 on which Aymara Bartolina Sisa was executed along with her husband, Tupac Katari, for organizing a rebellion against the Viceroyalty of Peru. The day is meant to commemorate all indigenous women both for their courage and for their work in conserving and strengthening Indigenous cultures, knowledge, customs and languages. The Indigenous woman contains the environment that she inhabits and accounts for the universe that carries her language, knowledge, culture and way of life. She is the keeper of the past of her ancients. They apply medicine to the community and with the strength of the earth, weave the rivers of America.
Source: “International Day of Indigenous Women,” UNESCO Chair on Education for Social Justice. Retrieved 3/9/2022, International Day of Indigenous Women – UNESCO Chair on Education for Social Justice (catedraeducacionjusticiasocial.org) Photo: Quinn Dombrowski, 10/13/1012. Permissive Use.
Indigenous America Calendar 