Students of the Aymara Indigenous University of Bolivia “Tupak Katari”. Photography used with permission. This article has been adapted from its original version published on the La Pública website. It is reproduced here as part of a content sharing agreement. The Aymara version can be read here. In classrooms, they speak about decolonization and respect for Mother Earth. They study food engineering, veterinary medicine, agronomy or textile engineering, while recovering ancient technology and innovating with new natural products. They go on to support the creation of community businesses. Welcome to the Aymara Indigenous University of Bolivia “Túpac Katari”, also known as Unibol, based in the town of Warisata near La Paz, which brings together indigenous students from Bolivia with the aim of combining formal academic education with traditional knowledge of the indigenous communities. In the following testimonies, some Indigenous University students share their impressions, experiences, and what it has meant for their personal growth to belong to this educational project. For many of them, studying at the Unibol means recovering ancestral knowledge, enriching a decolonial thinking and developing an inclusive and intercultural mode of knowledge production. Noemí Campos Yarari, a textile engineering student, says about the university: Soy de la provincia paceña Muñecas, de la segunda sección Ayata, comunidad Huancarani […] Considero muy buena [la universidad] porque acoge a estudiantes que en su mayoría provienen de las provincias, del campo, de hogares con pocos recursos. I am from the Muñecas province of La Paz, in the second section Ayata, of the Huancarani community […] I think this is a very good [university] that welcomes students who mostly come from the provinces, the countryside, and the households with few resources. José Luis Atanacio Maraza, Guido Mendoza Quispe, Maria Apaza Condori and Teodora Yanaguaya Pillco are four Food Engineering students. They talk about the importance of their faculty and review its history: La Universidad Indígena Boliviana Aymara Tupak Katari existe gracias a la lucha de nuestros abuelos en muchos sentidos, por ejemplo en la siembra de alimentos. Ahora, desde la carrera de Ingeniería de alimentos (las otras tres son Veterinaria, Agronomía e Ingeniería textil), que ya tiene seis años, nos toca recuperar la tecnología ancestral, dar valor agregado a la materia prima e innovar con nuevos productos naturales, así como apoyar en la creación de empresas comunitarias en nuestras comunidades. Todo para el vivir bien de los bolivianos. La Unibol fue fundada el 2 de agosto de 2008 (DS Nº 29664) en honor de nuestro líder indígena Julián Apaza Nina, alias Tupak Katari. Con su nacimiento se ha salido al paso de la discriminación que había en el país para el ingreso a las universidades. The Aymara Indigenous University of Bolivia “Tupac Katari” exists thanks to the struggle of our ancestors in many domains, for example in food cultivation. In the food engineering field of study (the other three fields of the university are veterinary medicine, agronomy and textile engineering), which is already six years old, we have to recover the ancient technology, add value to the raw material and innovate with new natural products, and support the creation of community businesses in our communities. Everything for the well-being of the Bolivians. The Unibol was founded on August 2, 2008 (DS No. 29664) in honor of our indigenous leader Julian Apaza Nina, aka Tupac Katari. Its founding represented a move against the discrimination found in the admission to the universities throughout the country. Ruben Castillo Quispe, an agronomy student, talks about how he came to Unibol: Nací en la comunidad de Ispaya Tocoli, en el municipio Ancoraimes de la provincia Omasuyos (La Paz), que se encuentra a orillas del lago Titicaca. Estudié en la escuelita de la comunidad y tuve que enfrentar la dura caminata diaria de seis horas (ida y vuelta). Era el colegio más cercano a mi comunidad, así que no tuve otra alternativa. Con todo y dificultades pude terminar el colegio y luego fui a prestar mi servicio militar. Al retornar a mi casa luego de un año, tenía muchas ganas de seguir estudiando. Quería ir a la universidad y sobre todo me gustaba el estudio de lenguas. Ahora estoy estudiando en la Unibol, donde no hay la carrera de Lingüística; pero avanzo […] y ya estoy en sexto semestre. I was born in the community of Ispaya Tocoli in the Ancoraimes municipality of the province Omasuyos (La Paz), located on the shores of Lake Titicaca. I studied at the small community school and daily I had to face the harsh six-hour walk (round trip). It was the closest college to my community, so I had no choice.