Deep in the impenetrable jungle of the Ecuadorian Amazon live Huaorani (Waorani) people. The Huaorani are Ecuador’s most recently contacted Indigenous group. They were first approached in the late 1950s by US missionaries and oil workers, ultimately leading to ongoing oil exploitation, territorial displacement, and cultural colonization. Today, about 2,000 Huaorani live in the Amazonian rainforest, including four "uncontacted" communities.
The Huarani traditionally
