Introducción: Misiones, Pueblos Indigenas E Interculturalidad

The relationship between the Salesian Congregation and the indigenous peoples of Ecuador covers a vast spectrum of religious, spiritual, cultural and material ties, as the indigenous cultures that make up the country are diverse and multilingual. The Salesian presence among the indigenous people of the Amazon and the highlands, during these 124 years of missionary and catechetical activity, can be divided into three moments of a continuous process of socio-cultural accompaniment, in which each moment has been increasing, successively, its performance. In order to describe the Salesian experience among the indigenous Ecuadorians, and far from any pretension of classification, the following three moments are proposed: a first moment of establishment that goes from 1893 to 1959; a second moment of expansion between 1971 and 1988; a third moment of expansion between 1971 and 1988; a third moment of expansion between 1971 and 1988; a third moment of expansion between 1971 and 1988; and a third moment of expansion between 1971 and 1988. expansion between 1971 and 1988; and a third moment of diversification from 1994 to date. from 1994 to date.