Gregoria Apaza was an Indigenous leader in Bolivia. In 1781, she participated with her brother Julian Apaza and sister-in-law Bartolina Sisa in a major Indigenous revolt against Spanish colonial rule in Bolivia.
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Gregoria Apaza was an Indigenous leader in Bolivia. In 1781, she participated with her brother Julian Apaza and sister-in-law Bartolina Sisa in a major Indigenous revolt against Spanish colonial rule in Bolivia. These Aymara leaders laid siege to the cities of La Paz and Sorata before being defeated and executed in 1782.
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Activists
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Status
deceased
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Lived 1750 to 1782 · aged 32
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