Huaorani

national park in Amazonian Ecuador

ethnic group

language isolate spoken by the Huaorani people in the Amazon

The Taromenane are an uncontacted people living in Yasuni National Park, at the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin.

The Tagaeri are an eastern Waorani people living in Yasuni National Park, in the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin, named after one of their members, Tagae. Nearby Kichwa communities sometimes refer to them as Awashiri, or "high-ground people". They live a hunting and foraging lifestyle and have resisted outside contact, making them one of the so-called uncontacted peoples of the world. In addition to Tagaeri, the area is home to their kin, the Taromenane, another eastern Waorani group.

Christian proselytizing attempt (1955-1956)

proposal by the government of Ecuador