Kankuamo in Colombia

The Kankuamo have only been reported in Colombia
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Introduction / History

The Kankuamo are an indigenous Sánha speaking people in Colombia. Sánha is in the process of being replaced by Spanish.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Kankuamo land is being taken over by mining companies and others. They face a bleak future if they no longer have land to farm.


What Are Their Beliefs?

Though there is a Roman Catholic presence among the Kankuamo, most adhere to their traditional religious practices such as making offerings to ancestral spirits.


What Are Their Needs?

Kankuamo people need both medical and psychological help. Their homeland was invaded by militias, especially in the 1980s-90s, leaving them vulnerable and often traumatized. Not only their farms, but also their sacred burial grounds were violated by outsi


Prayer Points

Pray for the Lord to protect the Kankuamo people from the criminals who have invaded their land.
Pray for Kankuamo people who love the Lord to disciple others in his ways.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to do a mighty work among the Kankuamo people this decade.


Scripture Prayers for the Kankuamo in Colombia.


References

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2021/01/21/working-with-colombias-indigenous-kankuamo-people-to-support-post-conflict-wellbeing/#:~:text=The%20Kankuamo%20people%20are%20an,the%20rest%20of%20the%20world.
https://minorityrights.org/minorities/kankuamo/
http://www.colombiaexotic.com/en/tayrona/kankuamo_en.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kankuamo_people


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People Name General Kankuamo
People Name in Country Kankuamo
Alternate Names
Population this Country 4,200
Population all Countries 4,200
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 2
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
People ID 20305
ROP3 Code 115189
ROP25 Code 303661
ROP25 Name Kankuamo
Country Colombia
Region America, Latin
Continent South America
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 34  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Country Colombia
Region America, Latin
Continent South America
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 34  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 1.00 %)
20.00 %
Ethnic Religions
80.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Spanish (4,200 speakers)
Language Code spa   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Spanish (4,200 speakers)
Language Code spa   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Spanish

Primary Language:  Spanish

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1514-1985)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (1543-1999)
Bible-Complete Yes  (1553-2017)
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