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Native people fight to survive Gulf oil spill
Seattle Times
... then took a seat at a circle of folding tables and listened with the crowd of about 200 to an indigenous man from Ecuador's Amazon rain forest. ...
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Independent
... has called the Ecuadorean Amazon "a complicated and confusing array of overlapping protected areas, indigenous reserves and crude oil concessions", ...
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First man to hike Amazon River ends two-year, 4000-mile trek
CNN
"Although everyone would like me to say that the hardest thing has been our encounters with (indigenous residents) pointing bows and arrows at our chest, ...
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Huffington Post (blog)
Most of the indigenous people's accessories were more practical (see: sun-blocking hats and snorkel masks) than decorative. ...
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Briton first known man to walk Amazon River Dallas Morning News They were held captive briefly by indigenous people who remain distrustful of outsiders after suffering extreme violence under Peru's Shining Path terrorist ... See all stories on this topic »

Peruvian civil registrar documents 200 births in indigenous community
Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias
According to the World Bank, a large percentage of undocumented children live in the indigenous communities of the Amazon forest and do not speak Spanish. ...
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This Bookish Life: Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction - Edith Wharton By Zara Ethan Frome and Other Stories contains Ethan Frome, The Touchstone, "The Last Asset," "Xingu," and "The Other Two." While I own Wharton's The House of Mirth, I hadn't read any of her works prior to this book, which I read for AP English ... This Bookish Life - http://thisbookishlife.blogspot.com/

bollywood: Gisele Budchen By noreply@blogger.com (CCI) Gisele will be the face of a new campaign to protect the Amazon's Xingu River from deforestation and pollution. The campaign is called "Y Ikatu Xingu", wich means "clean and good Xingu water", in the native Kamaiura language. ... bollywood - http://actressshowcase.blogspot.com/

global artist village news: From 'Avatar' to Amazon - James ... By noreply@blogger.com (Gav Editor) VOLTA GRANDE DO XINGU, Brazil — They came from the far reaches of the Amazon, traveling in small boats and canoes for up to three days to discuss their fate. James Cameron, the Hollywood titan, stood before them with orange warrior ... global artist village news - http://globalartistvillage.blogspot.com/

From ‘Avatar’ to Amazon - James Cameron’s Crusade - NYTimes.com: