Monday, May 5, 2014

Shuar Migrations and Diaspora

           I really could not find all to much on the migrations of Shuar people, simply because they have been in the same area for hundreds of years! Since these people are fierce warriors, they have been able to hold on to much of their land, however, lately, Ecuador and Peru have been pushing them out of their lands a little bit, in order to mine for crude oil as well as from the deforestation that is going on in many places of the Amazon.
Source: http://impunitywatch.com/ecuadorian-terrorists-fighting-for-the-preservation-of-the-amazon/
This picture shows members from Shuar tribes "protesting" the oil mining expansions. These protests are very heated from my understudying, and the Shuar are fighting for what is truly theirs. They have been in this place for hundreds of years; they have fought and died to keep this land. It is wrong of the surrounding countries to try and take that away from these people who have survived out in the Amazon for so long.

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