| The process of organizing and legitimizing cabildos or capitanÃas, the local form of self government, is well underway, although in certain areas judicial recognition of territory and authority is still pending. |
| There are now approximately 350 organized Embera cabildos in Colombia, 72 of them in Antioquia. |
| When slaves were drumming and dancing in the cabildos, Spanish colonial masters thought that they were honouring the saints. |
| During the War of Independence the main cities and their surrounding countrysides became provinces though the intervention of their cabildos. |
| In Ecuador, faced with these lacunae, the indigenous peoples have opted for self-advancement in the matter of justice, via their own familiar bodies, the traditional cabildos and community assemblies. |
| In some cases, local officials and members of indigenous cabildos colluded to divest the Indian communities of their land. |
