Feliciano Ama

José Feliciano de Jesús Ama Trampa (1881 – 28 January 1932[1]) was an Indigenous peasant leader, a Pipil from Izalco in El Salvador, who participated and died during La Matanza.

This was in the context of liberal reforms which stripped the indigenous population of access to their communal lands, which were appropriated by private landowners.

His father-in-law, Patricio Shupan, was mayordomo of the brotherhood, who died in 1917 after participating at a dinner with president Carlos Meléndez.

In the early morning of 22 January 1932, Ama led the Pipil peasants of Izalco into the uprising against the landlords.

There, the mayor was killed by insurgents from Juayúa, but landlords accused Ama, who fled into the hills of Izalco.