Title: Savages
First published: 1995
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.
Subjects: Human ecology, Land tenure, Huao Indians, Huaorani Indians, Indians of South America, Petroleum industry and trade, Amazon river and valley, Ecuador, cultural policy
Places: Amazon River Valley, Ecuador
LC classification: F3722.1.H83 K36 1995