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Nate Saint's aircraft was discovered in 1994, buried in the sand along the Curaray River. The frame was reconstructed and is now on display at the headquarters of the Mission Aviation Fellowship in Nampa, Idaho.
Operation Auca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to bring Christianity to the Waodani or Huaorani people of the rain forest of Ecuador. The Huaorani, also known pejoratively as Aucas (a modification of awqa, the Quechua word for 'savages'), were an isolated tribe known for their violence, against both their own people and outsiders who entered their territory. With the intention of being the first Christians to evangelize the previously uncontacted Huaorani, the missionaries began making regular flights over Huaorani settlements in September 1955, dropping gifts, which were reciprocated. After several months of exchanging gifts, on January 3, 1956, the missionaries established a camp at "Palm Beach", a sandbar along the Curaray River, a few kilometers from Huaorani settlements. Their efforts came to an end on January 8, 1956, when all five—Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian—were attacked and speared by a group of Huaorani warriors. The news of their deaths was broadcast around the world, and Life magazine covered the event with a photo essay.
The deaths of the men galvanized the missionary effort in the United States, sparking an outpouring of funding for evangelization efforts around the world. Their work is still frequently remembered in evangelical publications, and in 2006 was the subject of the film production End of the Spear. Several years after the death of the men, the widow of Jim Elliot, Elisabeth, and the sister of Nate Saint, Rachel, returned to Ecuador as missionaries with the Summer Institute of Linguistics (now SIL International) to live among the Huaorani. This eventually led to the conversion of many, including some of those involved in the killing.
OperationAuca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to bring Christianity to the Waodani or Huaorani people...
for the native Huaorani people in Ecuador OperationAuca, an endeavor to evangelize the Huaorani tribe Auca (genus), a genus of butterflies in the subfamily...
attempting to evangelize the Huaorani people through efforts known as OperationAuca. Saint was born in 1923. When he was seven he took his first plane ride...
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)...
attempting to evangelize the Huaorani people through efforts known as OperationAuca. Youderian was born in Sumatra, Montana, of Prussian descent. He contracted...
American Christian missionary and one of five people killed during OperationAuca, an attempt to evangelize the Huaorani people of Ecuador. Elliot was...
stars Louie Leonardo and Chad Allen. The film recounts the story of OperationAuca, in which five American Christian missionaries attempted to evangelize...
was killed in 1956 while attempting to make missionary contact with the Auca people (now known as Huaorani; also rendered as Waorani or Waodani) of eastern...
attempting to evangelize the Huaorani people, through efforts known as OperationAuca. McCully was the second oldest of three children. He grew up in Milwaukee...
selling book written by Elisabeth Elliot. The book tells the story of OperationAuca, an attempt by five American missionaries – Jim Elliot (the author's...
father and four other missionaries were killed by Waodani Indians during OperationAuca, during an effort to make peaceful contact with them.[citation needed]...
Christian who was one of five missionaries killed while participating in OperationAuca, an attempt to evangelize the Huaorani people of Ecuador. Fleming was...
on the ground, permitting transfer of material. It was used during OperationAuca and depicted in the film End of the Spear, to give gifts to the Huaorani...
Ecuador who are known for their connection with events surrounding OperationAuca. Many names have alternative spellings, because the Huaorani language...
he took part in the now infamous attack on five missionaries during OperationAuca. He is believed to have speared both Nate Saint and Ed McCully during...
Blood: Jim Elliot Takes Christ to the Aucas is a 1973 readers' theatre play based on the story of OperationAuca. It was written by David Robey, a former...
released in 2004. It chronicles the events leading up to and following OperationAuca, an attempt to contact the Huaorani tribe of Ecuador in which five American...
Jim Elliot – one of five missionaries killed while participating in OperationAuca Garrison Keillor - author and radio personality, left PB assemblies...
Protestant missionary in Ecuador, author and speaker, widow of Jim Elliot of OperationAuca Mary H. Fulton, female medical missionary to China, founder of Hackett...
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is a Christian organization that provides aviation, communications, and learning technology services to more than 1,000...
Thomas, published in 2019 by Harper Avenue. Based on the real-life OperationAuca, in which five Christian missionaries were murdered when they attempted...
Huaorani tribe and a citizen of Ecuador. She is a central figure in the OperationAuca saga, in that she was the first Huao to convert to Christianity, as...
story: Life under Auca spears. New York: Harper. Yost, James A (1981). "Twenty years of contact: the mechanisms of change in Huao ("Auca") culture". In Whitten...
Society TEAM HCJB Regions Beyond Missionary Union Mission Aviation Fellowship Mission to the World United Andean Indian Mission Missions OperationAuca...
Christian missionaries were killed by Huaorani tribespeople during OperationAuca, an attempt to evangelize the Huaorani. The missionaries' bodies were...
American missionaries made contact with the Huaorani in what was known as OperationAuca, in which they lowered gifts in a basket from a plane to initiate friendly...
S. Air Force general Ed McCully, Christian missionary killed during OperationAuca John McGivern, actor and writer Darel McKinney, Navy Cross and Distinguished...
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