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Union of Indigenous Yagé Medics of the Colombian Amazon
UMIYAC’s biannual thinking ceremony
May 5, 2018 Mocoa, Putumayo. At UMIYAC’s biannual thinking ceremony, traditional healers and elders from our board of directors, reiterated the mission of our organization to continue defending our rights, our autonomy, our
Sacred Plants of the Americas Congress, Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico
February 2018, UMIYAC attended the Sacred Plants of the Americas Congress in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico.
Article by UMIYAC on chacruna.net
"Blind ambition for business and money foments bad practices and feeds the commerce of sacred medicine... Bad practices of yagé medicine offend the curaca grandfathers and cause serious problems such as rape, sexual
36th Session of the Human Rights Council, General Assembly
Item 8 Follow up to the Viena Declaration and Action Program (VIDEO) Mr. president, As Indigenous medicine women and men from the Colombian Amazon we have a statement concerning our sacred medicine known
United Nations, September 2017
During the month of September 2017, UMIYAC attended the 36th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. This activity was part of the process of political advocacy that UMIYAC has been
Side Event, Ancestral Medicine, Psychoactive Plants and Peace Building.
On September 21, 2017, in the context of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, a UMIYAC delegation, together with the ICEERS and Maloca Internationale, presented a Side Event titled: Human Rights in Colombia,