“They found them, the Taromenane. Their longhouse. They killed them all.”
― We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
― We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
“The white people’s world seeks to destroy community.” She spoke in Spanish, using the word blanco-mestizo. “Once they destroy the community, then it is easy to destroy the individual.”
― We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
― We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
“I said: “I looked into the future. And the jaguar showed me what I must do.” He raised his eyebrows. “What will you do?” “I will lead my people in the fight against the oil companies.” It sounded so simple. Maybe destiny is a simple thing, after all.”
― We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
― We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
“I felt lightheaded. My people were about to go to war against our uncontacted relatives – and all because of the oil company.”
― We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
― We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
“The company was taking the oil from our forests and contaminating our water sources. The oil was taken to the cities so that the white people could drive cars and fly planes while Waorani women were degraded in the dusty shadows of the barbed wire, left to beg for water.”
― We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
― We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
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