In Quechua, pacha means time and place at once. Ñawpa pacha, the time in front, is the past we can see. Qhipa pacha, the time behind, is the future we cannot see yet. Las Awichas live in ñawpa pacha. Awicha means grandmother, and these are mine, returned through post-photography. More than 20,000 years ago, they walked across the land where the Bering Strait is today and became the first people of our continent.