...Huaorani Essay The Huaorani of Ecuador The Huaorani are one of the few untouched native tribes in the world. They reside in the Amazon forest in the country Ecuador in South America and were “discovered” in 1950 (World , 2011). The struggle between the outside world wanting to use the land for resources and the Huaorani trying to keep themselves isolated has resulted in quite a few deaths. They are both violent to any outsiders that try to invade, and they are violent amongst themselves. The Huaorani have a language that is unlike any other in the area. This essay will take a look into the life and recent activity of the Huaorani in hopes that it will promote better understanding of a people that have a reputation for being one of the most violent known to man. The Huaorani of Ecuador are a “semi-nomadic horticultural society,” (Susansteppe, 2011). They live off the land and re-locate every so often so as not to stress the land too much, to allow the land to heal and so that their previous places will have grown back to be used again when the time arrives. This is generally about every ten years (National Geographic, 2003). The men hunt animals (with either blowguns or spears) while the women forage for berries, herbs, and any other things that can be used to provide sustenance. They also take care of the kids and the household duties. Each job equals out another and both the men’s roles and the women’s roles are both valued equally. There is a balance and an understanding...
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...The Huaorani of Ecuador John Henry ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Professor Elena Lattarulo 16 July 2011 The Huaorani of Ecuador The Huaorani people of the Amazon are population of people that are trying to maintain their identity, customs, and traditions. The identity of the Huaorani is characterized by their self-sufficient life in and out of the forest whose biodiversity is one of the abundant in the world. The Huaorani are practicing a sustainable economy, where the natural resources are not over-exerted. The modern world is closing in on the Huaorani people. They are faced with “modernization” and other outside forces that are affecting their way of life. The Huaorani are caught between the conflicting objectives of petroleum development and forest conservation. These programs are undermining what constitutes the core of Huaorani culture, the relationship to the forest and their hunting-gathering semi-nomadic way of life. The Huaorani are located in the Ecuadorian headwaters of the Amazon and is comprise of about 1,500 people who are living in up to 24 temporary settlements in an area of almost 20,000 square kilometers, completely covered by rain forest. They are surrounded by related and alien tribes and ethnic groups with a total population of an estimated 150,000. For centuries the Huaorani have had to defend themselves against these groups and against gold and rubber prospectors; which provided the missionaries the justification for "pacification"...
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...Prior to the development of the movement, indigenous people in Ecuador remained politically and socially excluded, with no voice to express the grievances of their communities. From its birth as a republic in 1830, Ecuador maintained a tense relationship with its diverse population. Then and now, indigenous communities can be found throughout the three inland regions of Ecuador: the tropical Pacific coastal lands, the temperate Sierra highlands, and the eastern upper Amazon basin called “el Oriente.” Fourteen different indigenous nationalities exist in these regions: the Kichwa nationality in the highlands; the Achuar, Cofan, Huaorani, Secoya, Shuar, Siona, and Zapara nationalities in the Amazon; and the Awa, Chachi, Epera, Manta, Taschila, and Wankavilka nationalities in the coast. The multitude of these communities represented a problem for the new republic in the 1800s as they were perceived as obstacles to the modernization and state planning...
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...Chevron’s Amazon Disaster Hallie Richardson ETH/316 May 14, 2012 Professor Jeff Codner Chevron’s Amazon Disaster In 2001, Chevron bought out Texaco Oil Company; as a global corporation Chevron also took on responsibilities that Texaco had left behind. Oil drilling had taken place in Ecuador’s rainforest region for 28 years, the cost-cutting methods that Texaco used caused many indigenous areas to be contaminated by this drilling. The environmental catastrophe was dubbed the “Rainforest Chernobyl” by experts (“Chevron Toxico”, 2012). The Issues The cultural issues that became apparent from this problem were environmental issues as well as human rights issues. Pollution and exposure to certain toxic waste affected nearby villages of indigenous peoples of Ecuador. According to "Chevron Toxico" (2012), “Texaco’s oil extraction system in Ecuador was designed, built, and operated on the cheap using substandard technology from the outset” (A Rainforest Chernobyl). The rainforest environment that was affected housed 350 oil wells and Texaco left behind roughly 1000 toxic waste pits. Toxic waste pits were not properly built; in America at this time it was known that these toxic pits were dangerous and precautionary items like a plastic pool were built to avoid seepage into the ground water and nearby rivers. However, in Ecuador, the same pits did not have these certain structures, therefore, seepage occurred and toxins were freely left to absorb into the groundwater and pollute...
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...a single sloth may be home to moths, beetles, cockroaches, ciliates, fungi, and algae.[3] Contents [hide] * 1 Taxonomy and names * 2 Ecology * 3 Physiology * 4 Evolution * 5 Classification * 6 Extinctions * 7 Conservation * 8 References * 9 External links ------------------------------------------------- Taxonomy and names The sloth's taxonomic suborder is Folivora, sometimes also called Phyllophaga (Owen, 1842) or Tardigrada (Latham and Davies, 1795). The first two names both mean "leaf-eaters"; derived from Latin and Greek, respectively. Names for the animals used by tribes in Ecuador include ritto, rit, and ridette, mostly forms of the word "sleep", "eat", and "dirty" from Tagaeri tribe of Huaorani. ------------------------------------------------- Ecology Feeding brown-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus), Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica Sloths are classified as folivores, as the bulk of their diets consist of buds, tender shoots, and leaves, mainly ofCecropia trees. Some two-toed sloths have been documented as eating insects, small reptiles, and birds as a small supplement to their diets. Linnaeus's two-toed sloth has recently been documented eating...
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...Retail Location Analysis: A Case Study of Burger King & McDonald’s in Portage & Summit Counties, Ohio A thesis submitted to the College of Arts of Kent State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts by Niti Duggal December, 2007 Thesis written by Niti Duggal B.A. (Hons), University of Delhi, India 1996 M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India 1998 MPhil, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India 2001 M.A., Kent State University, 2007 Approved by ____________________________________, Advisor Dr. Jay Lee ____________________________________, Chair, Department of Geography Dr. Jay Lee ____________________________________, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Jerry Feezel ii Table of Contents Table of Contents ……………………………………………………………….. iii List of Maps and Figures …………………………………………….………….. v List of Tables …………………………………………………………………… viii Acknowledgments ……………………………………………………………… ix Chapter 1: Introduction …………………………………………………………..…… 1 1.1 Research Objectives ............................................................................ 2 1.2 Summary …………………………………………………..…..……. 4 2: Problem Statements ………………………………………………...……. 6 2.1 Size and Shape of the Retail Trade Area………….……………....…. 6 2.2 Summary………………………………………..………………...….. 9 3: Literature Review ………………………………………………………… 11 3.1 GIS for Business and service Sector Planning ……………………….11 3.2 GIS as a Tool for Retail Location Decisions………………………...
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