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[Peter Petto]

Andrew S. Chesnick wrote:

> Have any members of the P-list heard  a strange story  out of the
>Amazon /South America  about a tribe of  indigenous people who are
>threatening that the tribe of 4000 will commit suicide if their national
>government lets a mining companies or oil drilling  to take place in
>there jungle home. They plant crops in among the trees and do not clear
>cut the land and are worried about the desecration  of the sacred land .
>I got this vague rumor from a friend that is active in the Peace Corps
>and I was trying to track it down if it is real. 

One tribe that has been particularly active against oil drilling in Ecuador
is the Huaroni. There is a book about them by Joe Kane called _Savages_,
and a recent film called "Trinkets and Beads" (I think). I've seen the
tribe name spelled Waorani as well.

If this isn't enough to get you started, email me and I'll look for more
precise cites. All of the above are based on my sometimes-faulty wetware
memory.



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