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Kane, Joe.

Savages / Joe Kane. - 1st ed. - New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997. - xi, 273 p.; col. ill., map ; 25 cm.

"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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273).

"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. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

ISBN: 0679411917

Publisher. No.: F3722.1H83

LCCN: 95004258

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Huaorani Indians--Land tenure.
Human ecology--Ecuador.
Human ecology--Amazon River Valley.

LC Class. No.: F3722.1H83

Dewey Class. No.: 333.3/0981/1