This text attempts to piece together what it means to be Indian in a country like Colombia today, after the arrival of the Spanish in 1492 to the “West Indies.” It takes into account biographical information about the author and then relates it to the historical and regulatory changes that define the quest to eliminate the Indian, both territorially and subjectively. Indigenous peoples have resisted these attacks. Those who do not consider themselves indigenous need to review their history to observe their lineages. Whitening may have erased part of their memory, but inside them there is a drive to find meaning: to harmonize with their ancestors. This brief essay ends by asking what it means to think about a school when we return to the history of what we were.
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