We the Indian people have a power, A science: the knowledge of our medicine people, our doctors, which the dominators have not succeeded in taking away from us. Now that we are organized, we must learn this knowledge again, in order to strengthen our struggle and to better organize our communities.
Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazonica (Coordinating Body of Indigenous Communities of the Amazon Basin; COICA)
(Mayo 17 de 1997)
