ABSTRACT
The Kogi (Cogui, Kogui; also called Kagaba and Cágaba), about six thousand native Americans, inhabit the northern foothills and slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northeastern Colombia. Speaking a Macro-Chibchan-derived language, they are related to the Sáha (Sanká) on the eastern slopes of the sierra and to the Ika (Ijca, Bintukua, Arhuaco) in the southern region (Tayler 1972:13). Of these groups, the Ika are the most acculturated, and the Kogi are the least.
