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. In 1781, she participated with her brother Julian Apaza (

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) and sister-in-law Bartolina Sisa in a major indigenous revolt against Spanish colonial rule in Bolivia. These

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leaders laid siege to the cities of

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before being defeated and executed.

References

"Indians of Latin America"
accessed July 14, 2006

accessed July 16, 2006 * del Valle de Siles, María Eugenia (1981). Bartolina Sisa y Gregoria Apaza: dos heroínas indígenas. Biblioteca Popular Boliviana de "Última Hora". p. 73. 1751 births 1782 deaths Bolivian people of Aymara descent 18th-century Bolivian people Indigenous leaders of the Americas Bolivian rebels Indigenous rebellions against the Spanish Empire Women in 18th-century warfare Women in war in South America {{Bolivia-hist-stub