Abstract

The author analyzes the spaces of interlegality that arise due to conflicts between indigenous jurisdictions and ordinary jurisdiction in cases of sexual crimes and intrafamily violence inside Colombian indigenous communities. Specifically, based on the analysis of these spaces of intersection and interaction between the indigenous legal orders and the state legal order, the author, (also) from a decolonial feminist perspective, and therefore, emphasizing the relevance of power asymmetries, analyzes the risk of prejudiced behaviors by the state judge, as well as the obstacles and doubts that the indigenous woman could face when she decides to make visible the violence suffered. Finally, at the time of characterizing the respective indigenous female resistance, the author warns about the risk of whitening, of a recolonization of this resistance, unless there is a distinction, both from the interests of the indigenous group, as well as those, even if feminist, of the non-indigenous majority society.