{{Short description|Aguaruna Peruvian indigenous leader (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} thumb|Tali Sabio in 2025
'''Talio Sabio Piuk''' (born 24 August 1984) is an Aguaruana Peruvian indigenous leader, first female leader (''apu'') of the Wawas indigenous community, in the Imaza District since 2022.
==Biography== Sabio Piuk was born on 24 August 1984 in the Aguaruna Wawas community in the Peruvian Amazonas.<ref name="oea">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oas.org/es/centro_noticias/semana-interamericana-pueblos-indigenas.asp|title=Semana Interamericana de los Pueblos Indígenas (7-11 agosto, 2023)|website=Organization of American States|access-date=26 August 2025|archive-date=23 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323184543/http://www.oas.org/es/centro_noticias/semana-interamericana-pueblos-indigenas.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> At the age of 18, she began participating in community meetings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caaap.org.pe/2022/01/19/primera-apu-elegida-en-el-pueblo-awajun-como-mujer-quiero-demostrar-mi-trabajo-con-hechos-y-no-solo-con-palabras/|title=Primera apu elegida en el pueblo awajún: «Como mujer, quiero demostrar mi trabajo con hechos y no solo con palabras»|website=Amazonian Centre for Anthropology and Practical Application|date=19 January 2022|access-date=26 August 2025|archive-date=16 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250316035352/https://caaap.org.pe/2022/01/19/primera-apu-elegida-en-el-pueblo-awajun-como-mujer-quiero-demostrar-mi-trabajo-con-hechos-y-no-solo-con-palabras/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In January 2022, she was appointed unanimously as leader ''apu'' of the Wawas community, becoming the first women to ever be elected to this office. Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez defined this appointment as historic and Sabio Piuk was also congratulated by Vice Minister of Interculturality Rocilda Nunta Guimaraes, the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations and others politicians.<ref name="trome">{{cite news|url=https://trome.com/actualidad/historias-tali-sabio-piuk-conoce-a-la-primera-apu-en-la-historia-del-peru-entrevista-noticia/?utm_source=chatgpt.com|title=La primera apu en la historia cuenta cómo es ser autoridad en medio del machismo|work=Trome|first=Johnny|last=Valle|date=21 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/03/08/dia-de-la-mujer-8m-mujeres-peruanas-que-rompen-el-techo-de-cristal-y-la-inequidad-de-genero-en-el-campo-laboral/|title=Mujeres peruanas que rompen el 'techo de cristal' y la inequidad de género en el campo laboral|work=Infobae|date=8 March 2022|first=Valeria|last=Delgado Zela|archive-date=16 September 2024|access-date=26 August 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916111952/https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/03/08/dia-de-la-mujer-8m-mujeres-peruanas-que-rompen-el-techo-de-cristal-y-la-inequidad-de-genero-en-el-campo-laboral/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/cultura/noticias/577256-amazonas-viceministra-de-interculturalidad-destaca-eleccion-de-primera-apu-del-pueblo-indigena-awajun-en-comunidad-nativa-de-imaza|title=Amazonas: Viceministra de Interculturalidad destaca elección de primera apu del pueblo indígena Awajún en comunidad nativa de Imaza|website=Government of Peru|date=18 January 2022|access-date=26 August 2025|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119091032/https://www.gob.pe/institucion/cultura/noticias/577256-amazonas-viceministra-de-interculturalidad-destaca-eleccion-de-primera-apu-del-pueblo-indigena-awajun-en-comunidad-nativa-de-imaza|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.elperuano.pe/noticia/137657-jefa-del-gabinete-destaca-nombramiento-de-la-primera-apu-elegida-por-el-pueblo-awajun|title=Jefa del Gabinete destaca nombramiento de la primera apu elegida por el pueblo awajún|work=El Peruano|date=18 January 2022|archive-date=19 January 2022|access-date=26 August 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119055900/https://elperuano.pe/noticia/137657-jefa-del-gabinete-destaca-nombramiento-de-la-primera-apu-elegida-por-el-pueblo-awajun|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023 the Ministry of Culture awarded her the Distinguished Personality of Cuture, which President Dina Boluarte gave her in September that year.<ref name=peruano />
After completing her term as Apu in her designated community, Sabio began working as an official translator of the Awajún language, providing official services for the Ministry of Culture to the justice operators of the Judicial Branch and the Public Ministry's prosecutor's office.{{cn|date=February 2026}}
She has three children.<ref name=trome />
==Honors== *Distinguished Personality of Culture (Government of Peru, 2023)<ref name="peruano">{{Cite news|url=https://elperuano.pe/noticia/222286-otorgan-a-lideresa-awajun-tali-sabio-distincion-de-personalidad-meritoria-de-la-cultura|title=Otorgan a lideresa awajún Tali Sabio distinción de Personalidad Meritoria de la Cultura|work=El Peruano|date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabio Piuk, Tali}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Shipibo-Conibo Category:21st-century Indigenous leaders in the Americas Category:Indigenous people of South America Category:Indigenous women leaders in the Americas