Juana Guare
Juana Guare or Juana de Guare was a cacique, Cacica from Daul who fought against Indigenous peoples, indigenous exploitation. Biography She inherited the cacicazgo in the 17th century and by 1690 she owned the vast site known as Junquillal, in Ecuador. As cacica, she defended the rights of her racial brothers. Her strong protests were raised against the abuses committed by members of the Spanish Empire, Spanish clergy who exploited, for their benefit and personal enrichment, the indigenous people. Legacy In the province of Los Ríos Province, Los Ríos, a parish was called "Guare" in honor of Juana due to her influence from indigenous chieftaincy. References

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Cacique
A ''cacique'' (Latin American ; ; feminine form: ''cacica'') was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, the indigenous inhabitants at European contact of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. The term is a Spanish transliteration of the Taíno word ''kasike''. Cacique was initially translated as "king" or "prince" for the Spanish. In the colonial era the conquistadors and the administrators who followed them used the word generically, to refer to any leader of practically any indigenous group they encountered in the Western Hemisphere. In Hispanic and Lusophone countries, the term also has come to mean a political boss, similar to ''caudillo,'' exercising power in a system of ''caciquismo''. Spanish colonial-era caciques The Taíno word ''kasike'' descends from the Taíno word ''kassiquan'', which means "to keep house". In 1555 the word first entered the English language, defined as "prince". In Taíno culture, the ''kasike'' rank was her ...
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