Huaorani Indian hunter

Huaorani Indian Oña Yate with a Woolly monkey that he hunted with his blowgun. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR. South America
He is tying it up with a vine so it it easier to carry.
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 Oña Yate with a Woolly monkey that he hunted with his blowgun. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR. South America<br />
He is tying it up with a vine so it it easier to carry.<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.