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Savages, by Joe Kane. For interesting perspectives on Ecuador's oil policies, written from the perspective of an endangered Amerindian tribe. The Amazon Stranger, by Mike Tidwell (The Lyons Press). Focuses on Randy Borman, the son of U.S. missionaries who now lives with the Cofan Indians and who has helped them win a number of battles with oil corporations. Living Poor: A Peace Corp Chronical (out of print); The Farm on the River of Emeralds (out of print); and The Saddest Pleasure: A Journey on Two Rivers (Greywolf Press, Minnesota). 3 books by Moritz Thompson, the best accounts of peace corps life and an almost 30 years living as a foreigner here in Ecuador. Otavalo, Weaving, Costume and the Market, by Lynn Meisch (a foremost Anthropologist, who has specialized in Andean Textiles and the Otavalen Indians for well over 25 years). Costume and Identity in Highland Ecuador, edited by Ann Pollard Rowe with text by Lynn Meisch, Laura M. Miller, Ann Rowe et al. The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., Univ. of Washington Press, Seattle. The BEST there is for info on Ecuadorian Andean Indigenous textiles and costume. Exquisite photos. Digging up Prehistory, The Archaeology of Ecuador, by Karl Dieter Gartelmann, Ediciones Libri Mundi (can be bought in Quito). Witch Doctor's Apprentice, by Nicole Maxwell, Collier Books, Macmillan Publishing, NY. An easy to read account of a woman's travels amongs the Indians in search of healing plants. A Traveler's Guide to El Dorado & the Inca Empire, by Lynn Meisch (Penguin Books). Full of interesting details and sketches on the |
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