Cágaba

Cágaba, South American Indian group living on the northern and southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia. Speakers of an Arhuacan language, the Cágaba have lived in this region of steep ravines and narrow valleys for many centuries. They numbered some 10,000 individuals in the early 21st century. The Cágaba on the northern side of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have been in intermittent contact with European civilization for more...