• Photo: Waorani Resistencia Pastaza

    Indigenous Women Sing to Fight for the Amazon and for their Way of Life

    It was 1973 when the first barrels of Texaco oil was carried on a large military procession from the northern Amazon in Ecuador to the seacoast for its processing and export. The parade included sullen indigenous women sitting above a tank, taken from their territories and families, most likely forcibly. The promotional video shows people…

  • Indigenous Women Sing to Fight for the Amazon and Their Way of Life

    The first barrels of Texaco oil were transported in a large military procession from the northern Amazon in Ecuador to the coast for processing and export in 1973. The parade included two indigenous women sitting on top of a tank, taken, most likely, by force from their territories and families. The promotional video shows people…