Like many other indigenous groups, the Huaorani of eastern Ecuador are facing many challenges as they attempt to confront the globalization of capitalism in the 21st century. In 1991, they formed a political organization as a direct response to the growing threat to Huaorani territory posed by oil exploitation, colonization, and other pressures. The author explores the structures and practices of the organization, as well as the contradictions created by the imposition of an alien and hierarchical organizational form on a traditionally egalitarian society. This study has broad implications for those who work toward "cultural survival" or try to "save the rainforest."
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"...a good book...clearly written...that raises a number of important general issues relevant to the contemporary political, cultural and economic struggles of indigenous peoples of the Amazon and elsewhere" - Terence Turner, Cornell University
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Larry Ziegler-Otero, Department of Anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia.
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This review is from: Resistance In An Amazonian Community: Huaorani Organizing Against The Global Economy (Hardcover)
I learned about the Huaorani from a book titled "One River" by Wade Davis. I was fascinated with their story and inspired to read more about them. "Resistance In An Amazonian Community" is an in depth analysis of the Huaorani's organization ONHAE and their battle against oil companies in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Ziegler-Otero's honesty through out the book should be applauded. It's natural to side with the underdog, but ONHAE has made some critical mistakes since their founding and has had to learn many hard lessons about capitalism and politics. I'd reccommend this book to anyone that has followed the plight of the Huaorani and their struggle for survival.
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