RESUMEN: En esta investigación se estudian las condiciones familiares, sociales y culturales de las mujeres indígenas de la etnia Embera Chamí de los Resguardos de Caldas y Cristianía; se hizo por medio de entrevistas, observación y grupos focales realizadas a 5 mujeres indígenas de los Resguardos de Caldas y Cristianía, se conocieron las relaciones que tienen con la familia y la comunidad antes de llegar a la Ciudad de Medellín al igual que las condiciones familiares, sociales y culturales en la ciudad; ellas se van de sus comunidades de origen buscando mejorar su calidad de vida y la de sus familias, otro de los datos que se conoció en este trabajo de investigación es que la mayoría de las mujeres con las que se tuvo acercamiento son madres solteras lo que las obliga a tomar la decisión de salir de los Resguardos indígenas.ABSTRACT: In this research explores the family, social and cultural conditions of indigenous women in the ethnic Embera Chami of guards of Caldas and Christiania; was done through interviews, observation and focus groups carried out 5 indigenous women from the ramparts of Caldas and Christiania, met the relationships that are with the family and the community before reaching the city of Medellin as well as family, social, and cultural conditions in the city; they go from their home communities seeking to improve their quality of life and their families, other data that became known in this research is that the majority of women that held approach are single mothers which forces them to take the decision out of the indigenous territory On the other hand, indigenous women who come to the city undergo radical transformations, since it has to adopt conditions and needs of a society that demands them satisfactory results according to standards of life in the city. This research identifies that they lose not only good relations with family, and often holding cultural identity because arriving at the city they don't have a place to share those spaces for dance and traditions enjoyed as indigenous women in their communities of origin.