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The Huaorani, Waorani, or Waodani, also known as the Waos, are an Indigenous people from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador (Napo, Orellana, and Pastaza Provinces) who have marked differences from other ethnic groups from Ecuador. The alternate name Auca is a pejorative exonym used by the neighboring Quechua natives, and commonly adopted by Spanish-speakers as well. Auca (awqa in Quechua) means 'savage'.
They comprise almost 4,000 inhabitants and speak the Huaorani language, a linguistic isolate that is not known to be related to any other language.
Their ancestral lands are located between the Curaray and Napo rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) south of El Coca. These homelands—approximately 120 miles (190 km) wide and 75 to 100 miles (120 to 160 km) from north to south—are threatened by oil exploration and illegal logging practices. In the past, Huaorani were able to protect their culture and lands from both indigenous enemies and settlers by force of arms.
In the last 40 years, they have shifted from a hunting and gathering society to living mostly in permanent forest settlements. As many as five communities—the Tagaeri, the Huiñatare, the Oñamenane, and two groups of the Taromenane—have rejected all contact with the outside world and continue to move into more isolated areas.[not verified in body]
The Huaorani, Waorani, or Waodani, also known as the Waos, are an Indigenous people from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador (Napo, Orellana, and Pastaza...
This list contains members of the Huaorani tribe of Ecuador who are known for their connection with events surrounding Operation Auca. Many names have...
four others, was killed in Ecuador while attempting to evangelize the Huaoranipeople through efforts known as Operation Auca. Saint was born in 1923. When...
Christian missionary and one of five people killed during Operation Auca, an attempt to evangelize the Huaoranipeople of Ecuador. Elliot was born in Portland...
States to bring Christianity to the Waodani or Huaoranipeople of the rain forest of Ecuador. The Huaorani, also known pejoratively as Aucas (a modification...
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pejorative: Auka, Auca) is a vulnerable language isolate spoken by the Huaoranipeople, an indigenous group living in the Amazon rainforest between the Napo...
isolated indigenous peoples of Ecuador live in the Amazon region: the Tagaeri and the Taromenane. Both are eastern Huaoranipeoples living in Yasuni National...
with indigenous Huaoranipeople, who consider the anaconda sacred, in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The 10-day expedition, organized with Huaorani leader Penti...
Tagaeri are an eastern Huaoranipeople living in Yasuni National Park, in the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin, named (in Wao-Terero, the Huaorani language) after one...
Dayuma (also Dayumae) (born ca. 1930, - March 1, 2014) was a member of the Huaorani tribe and a citizen of Ecuador. She is a central figure in the Operation...
isolation in Ecuador. The clan is believed to be distantly related to the Huaoranipeople. It is estimated there are 150–300 Taromenane still maintaining a nomadic...
other missionaries, was killed while attempting to evangelize the Huaoranipeople, through efforts known as Operation Auca. McCully was the second oldest...
an interest in the Huaoranipeople of Ecuador. In February 1955, she and Catherine Peeke went to a missionary station near Huaorani territory, where Saint's...
while participating in Operation Auca, an attempt to evangelize the Huaoranipeople of Ecuador. Fleming was born in Seattle, Washington. At Queen Anne...
[citation needed] In 1958, missionaries made peaceful contact with the Huaorani tribe. They came to live with them, learned their language, and taught...
along with four others, was killed while attempting to evangelize the Huaoranipeople through efforts known as Operation Auca. Youderian was born in Sumatra...
Auca and depicted in the film End of the Spear, to give gifts to the Huaoranipeople of Ecuador where there was no landing strip. Later some mail services...
Canelo and the Quijos), the Shuar, the Huaorani, the Siona-Secoya, the Cofán, and the Achuar. In 1986, Indigenous peoples formed the first "truly" national...
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In 2020, she was named in the Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world, the only Indigenous woman on the list and the second Ecuadorian...
Alicia Cawiya or Cahuiya is the vice-president of the Huaorani Nation of Ecuador and one of the leaders of the movement against oil exploitation in her...
of social structure among the converts has also been a concern. The Huaoranipeople of Amazonian Ecuador have had a well-documented mixed relation with...
A pejorative name for the native Huaoranipeople in Ecuador Operation Auca, an endeavor to evangelize the Huaorani tribe Auca (genus), a genus of butterflies...
missionaries were murdered when they attempted to contact the isolated Huaoranipeople in Ecuador, the novel centres on the perspective of the men's wives...
1956 while attempting to make missionary contact with the Auca people (now known as Huaorani; also rendered as Waorani or Waodani) of eastern Ecuador. She...
Time. In 1991, Kane traveled to Ecuador to learn about the indigenous Huaoranipeople and their struggles with international oil companies who were exploiting...
Taylor Modern examples include: Jim Elliot, martyred missionary to the Huaoranipeople of Ecuador The missionaries of The Faith Mission and of the Two by...
McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaoranipeople of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. January 16 – Egyptian...