Las políticas institucionales de una universidad colombiana para los estudiantes pertenecientes a comunidades indígenas.

This paper describes and analyzes the institutional policies of a public university in relation to the cultural, social and linguistic needs of the indigenous students of this institution. It was based on a qualitive approach framed in the descriptive case study, which allowed the exploration of the case in its real context, through documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews as information gathering tools. It was a purposive sampling. Two indigenous students with government representation from the Cabildo Indígena Universitario participated. As a result, a significant gap was found between the linguistic policies of the institution regarding enrolling, graduation and return to the territory, and the cultural, social and linguistic conditions evidenced by the indigenous students themselves in their experiences and identity characteristics. It is concluded that a real socio-educational inclusion process is required, which incorporates planning, creation and implementation of institutional policies that take into account the needs and characteristics of the entire population since enrolling the college, specially those of indigenous students as a minority population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]