Bartolina Sisa | |
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 Statue of Bartolina Sisa alongside Túpac Katari | |
| Born | c. 1750 Q'ara Qhatu, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire |
| Died | September 5, 1781 (aged 31) |
| Known for | Indigenous leader |
Gregoria Apaza Nina (1751 - 6 September 1782) was an Aymaran woman and indigenous leader who participated in the indigenous revolts against the Spanish rule alongside other relevant indigenous leaders such as her brother Julián Apaza, who became known as Túpac Katari, and her sister-in-law Bartolina Sisa in the late 18th century.[1] The revolt was one of the most extensive that took place against the colonial rulers in what was then known as Charcas, present-day Bolivia.[2] Leading an indigenous army, Apaza and her husband laid siege to the cities of La Paz and Sorata before being finally captured and executed by the colonial authorities.
Biography edit
Gregoria Apaza was born in 1751 in the Aymaran community of Sica Sica, daugther of Nicolás Apaza and Marcela Nina.[3]
References edit
- ^ del Valle de Siles, María Eugenia (1981). Bartolina Sisa y Gregoria Apaza: dos heroínas indígenas [Bartolina Sisa and Gregoria Apaza: two indigenous heroines] (in Spanish). Bibloteca Popular Boliviana. p. 73.
- ^ Ramos Andrade, Edgar (2005). Inclusión y dignidad indígena [Inclusiveness and indigenous dignity] (in Spanish). La Paz: Comunidad de Derechos Humanos. p. 216.
- ^ Cuentas, Nilda; Iraegi, Aitor (2018). Ausentes pero no perdidas: mujeres en la historia de Bolivia [Absent but not lost: women in the history of Bolivia] (in Spanish). p. 16. ISBN 9781695936379.