Savages
By: Joe Kane.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Huaorani Indians -- Land tenure.; Human ecology -- Ecuador.; Human ecology -- Amazon River Valley.
Description: "Journalist's fascinating and well-written account of the Huao peoples' struggle against North American oil companies and evangelical missionaries resulting from the construction of the oil pipeline in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Provides an insider's view of international NGO politics, indigenous federation politics, missionized indigenous peoples, and the special place occupied by the Huao in Ecuadorian indigenous struggles"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273).
"Portions of this book were originally published in The New Yorker in slightly different form as 'Amazon showdown: a Stone Age tribe fights American oil' (9/27/93) and 'an Amazon Indian in D.C.'s jungle' (5/2/94)"--T.p. verso.