A presentation addressing outside impacts on Ecuador's rainforest people, three indigenous nations, the sacred medicine ayahuasca, and the October 2019 clash between indigenous organizations and the national government around the issue of gas subsidies. Delivered at Kansas City Kansas Community College on October 23, 2019. Video link here: https://vimeo.com/368263365
2. A big thank you to Jelena
Ozegovic and the KCKCC
Center for Teaching Excellence
for making this presentation
possible.
3. A further thank you to
Taylor Bolls, KCKCC
Graphic Designer, for
making the lovely
poster, and to Randy
Royer for the
technical support.
4. And a final thank you to the
photographers and photo
subjects whose work and
presences are here with us.
5. Four-part structure of the presentation:
Estructura de cuatro partes de la
presentacion:
တင်ဆက်မှု၏အပိုင််းလ ်းပိုင််း။
6. 1.Geography, history, and the impacts on the
rainforest and its people
1. Geografía, historia y los impactos en la selva
tropical y su gente.
1. ပထဝီဝင်အလေအထ ်း၊
သမိုင််းလ က င််းနှင်မို်းသစ်လတ နှင်၎င််းင််း၏ပပည်သူမ ်းအလပေါ်
သက်လ က်မှုမ ်း
8. 3. Traditional rainforest medicine: Ayahuasca /
yage
3. Medicina tradicional de la selva tropical:
ayahuasca / yage
3. ရို်း မို်းသစ်လတ လဆ်း - Ayahuasca / yage
9. 4. October 2019 gas subsidy protests
4. Protestas contra la eliminación de subsidios al
combustible de octubre de 2019
4. လအ က်တိုဘ 2019
သဘ ဝဓ တ်လငွေွေ့လထ က်ပသလငွေဆနဒပပမှုမ ်း
10. Questions for you: What rights should indigenous
people have in modern nations?
Preguntas para tí: ¿Qué derechos deben tener los
pueblos indígenas en las naciones modernas?
သင်အတွေက်လမ်းခွေေ််းမ ်း -
လခတ်သစ်နိုင်ငသမ ်းတွေင်ဌ လေတိုင််း င််းသ ်းမ ်းသည်မည်သ
ည်အခွေင်အလ ်းမ ်း သင်သေည််း။
11. What happens when one culture meets another
culture?
¿Qué sucede cuando una cultura se encuentra
con otra cultura?
ယဉ်လက ်းမှုတစ်ခိုကအပခ ်းယဉ်လက ်းမှုတစ်ခိုေလတွေွေ့ င်
ဘ ပြစ်မ ။
12. Why do some people convert from one religion
to another?
¿Por qué algunas personas se convierten de una
religión a otra?
အခ ွေ့ ူမ ်းကဘ သ တ ်းတစ်ခိုမှတစ်ခိုသိုအဘယ်
လ က င်လပပ င််း ကသေည််း။
13. Who owns the Amazon jungle?
¿A quién pertenece la selva amazónica?
အလမဇုိုေ်လတ တွေင််းကိုဘယ်သူပိုင်သ
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19. Impacts from outside
Early Spanish explorers looking for gold
and cinnamon (1500s-1600s)
Imported diseases (1500s-now)
Jesuit missionaries (1700s)
The rubber boom (Early 1900s)
33. "We acted badly, badly, until they brought us God's carvings (the
Bible). Then, seeing His carvings and following His good trail, now we
live happily and in peace.“ – Mincaye (with Steve Saint)
46. Jatuncocha Lagoon In The Yasuní National Park In
The Ecuadorian Amazon
A Village in Ecuador’s Amazon Fights for Life as Oil
Wells Move In (Natural Resources Defense Council, 2018)
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63. “In a landmark victory, the Waorani people of Pastaza, an indigenous tribe from the Ecuadorian Amazon,
successfully protected half a million acres of their ancestral territory in the Amazon rainforest from being
mined for oil drilling by Big Oil companies.” (VT.co, May 18, 2019)
Amazon Tribe Wins Lawsuit, Blocks Big
Oil’s Bid To Destroy Millions Of Acres Of
Rainforest
114. Sources (partial)
https://hablemosdeculturas.com
https://www.captain-planet.net/amazon-tribe-wins-lawsuit-blocks-big-oils-
bid-to-destroy-millions-of-acres-of-
rainforest/?fbclid=IwAR2JioLRVQ_RSK7vtYVCJIBRYYC6lzkKDKDf1xv8SO172
pm2gtUWgpHJV6E
Photo of Lenin Moreno by Agencia de Noticias ANDES -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/agenciaandes_ec/33007672963/, CC BY-SA
2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58185289
https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/village-ecuadors-amazon-fights-life-oil-
wells-move Lou Dematteis/Redux, Steven Bloom Images/Alamy, Pete
Oxford, Ondrej Zaruba/CTK/AP
Talk here about the conquest of the Americas. Spanish coming. In the 1500s. 1600s Spaniards looking for cinnamon. Anke sehue pai. 1700s, Jesuit missions.
If you are offended by penises, please don’t look below the men’s waists.