Descendents of Cacique Ähuänumä: The 4F Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune (Part I) - Venezuelanalysis

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Descendents of Cacique Ähuänumä: The 4F Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune (Part I) - Venezuelanalysis

The Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ people in Venezuela’s Amazonas state have long resisted colonization and proudly preserve their language. Today they are building communes that draw both on Chávez’s socialist roadmap and their ancestral ways of organization, including collective land tenure and assembly-based governance.  The February 4 Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune, which is the focus of this testimonial work, sits on the edge of a savanna that gradually turns into rainf…