Quintín Lame

Manuel Quintín Lame Chantre
Quintín Lame photographed here in the center smoking during his arrest.
Born	October 23, 1880(1880-10-23) Cauca, United States of Colombia
Died	October 7, 1967(1967-10-07) (aged 86) Ortega, Tolima, Colombia
Nationality	Colombian
Other names	Juan Quintín Lame
Ethnicity	Paez
Known for	Leader of Indigenous Movements
Political party	Conservative
Religion	Roman Catholic
Spouse	Pioquinta León (1911-1917) Benilda León
Parents	Manuel Lame and Dolores Chantre

Manuel Quintín Lame Chantre (1880-1967) was an Colombian indigenous rebel from the early 20th century who tried to conform an independent indigenous republic.

He was born in El Borbollón, Cauca, son of Mariano Lame, of Paez origin, and Dolores Chantre, of mixed indigenous origins. During the war of 1885 his sister Licenia, was raped. His brother Feliciano was killed in the Thousand Days' War. In 1901, he joined the army of the Colombian Conservative Party. In 1911 he started the Indigenous Movement. In 1914 he tried to make the Republic of Indigenas, formed by Cauca, Tolima, Huila and Valle. Because of this, he was arrested. His movement grew and became the "Guerra Racial". In 1921, after spending three years in jail, he joined the Tolima movement. In 1924 he wrote the book "El pensamiento del indio que se educó en las selvas colombianas". He died in 1967 in Ortega, Tolima.

Bibliography

• LAME CHANTRE, Manuel Quintín. Los pensamientos del indio que se educó en las selvas colombianas [1939]. Bogotá, Funcol, s.f.
• LAME, MANUEL QUINTÍN. Las luchas del indio que bajó de la montaña al valle de la "civilización". Selección y notas, Gonzalo Castillo Cárdenas. Bogotá, Rosca de Investigación y Acción Social, 1973.
• TELLO, Piedad, LAME, MANUEL QUINTÍN, in Gran Enciclopedia de Colombia del Círculo de Lectores, tomo de biografías
• TELLO, Piedad L. "Vida y lucha de Manuel Quintín Lame". Tesis de Grado, Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, 1983.
• CASTRILLÓN ARBOLEDA, Diego. El Indio Quintín Lame. Bogotá, Tercer Mundo, 1971.

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Name	Lame, Quintin
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Date of birth	1880-10-23
Place of birth	Cauca, United States of Colombia
Date of death	1967-10-07
Place of death	Ortega, Tolima, Colombia