Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral land
They call themselves "the multicolored people," or Siekopai, after the eye-catching traditional body paint and adornments they used to wear in their ancestral
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They call themselves "the multicolored people," or Siekopai, after the eye-catching traditional body paint and adornments they used to wear in their ancestral
MANOKO (PERU) - They call themselves "the multicolored people," or Siekopai, after the eye-catching traditional body paint and adornments they used to wear in their ancestral home in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
Uprooted: Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral land
Uprooted: Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral land
The city of Lago Agrio, which lies in the province of Sucumbíos in northern Ecuador’s Amazonian region, is considered the country’s oil capital. It also sits in the midst of several major protected areas, including Yasuní, Cayambe Coca and Sumaco Napo-Galeras national parks, Cuyabeno Fauna Production Reserve and Cofán Bermejo Ecological Reserve. According to a […]