Seven Waorani were taken into custody at the end of a meeting with representatives of the Brazilian oil company Petrobell, located in Tigüino in Ecuador’s Orellana province, in January 2015. About 60 ...

A small group of young Waorani men step out of the tiny patch of secondary forest that abuts their precarious settlement here on the outskirts of Shell, a military town named after the oil company in ...

Environmental short documentary “Waorani: Guardians of the Amazon” is aiming to spread its message further with an awards season push beginning with FallDocs. For thousands of years, the Waorani women ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The indigenous Waorani community filed a lawsuit against the Ecuadoran government in February for allegedly failing to properly consult with them ...

Nemonte Nenquimo, Waorani leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon. Nemonte Nenquimo, Waorani leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon.Jerónimo Zúñiga / Amazon Frontlines Perhaps people all over the world are a bit ...

Spears and poisoned blowguns at hand, the Waorani people say they are ready to strike down invaders of their Amazon homelands, just like their forefathers did. But now their battle is in court, and ...