Huaorani child & peccary

Huaorani Indian chid - Romelia Andy playing with hunted peccary. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR. South America
The children play with the dead animals that their fathers bring in from hunting. Romelia is even picking off the ticks.
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted. They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.

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Huaorani Indian chid - Romelia Andy playing with hunted peccary. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR. South America<br />
The children play with the dead animals that their fathers bring in from hunting. Romelia is even picking off the ticks.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted. They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.