Inga

Inga takes its name from a Quechua-speaking Indigenous people of the upper Putumayo. The Sibundoy valley, high between the Andes and the forested eastern slopes, is a centre of Inga and Kamëntšá life. Its mountains, streams and paths link the highlands with the Amazonian piedmont. In 1700 the chief Carlos Tamabioy purchased lands in the valley to secure a home for his people, a remembered act of resistance and continuity.