Taromenane
Encyclopedia
The Taromenane are an uncontacted clan
living in Yasuni National Park
, at the Ecuador
ian Amazon Basin
.
Together with the Tagaeri
they make up the two last known indigenous groups living in voluntary isolation in Ecuador.
The clan is believed to be distantly related to the Huaorani
people.
It is estimated there are 150–300 Taromenane still maintaining a nomadic lifestyle in the rain forest and perhaps only 20–30 surviving Tagaeri, although these numbers are uncertain.
The Taromenane has recently been under threat from oil developments and illegal logging in the Yasuni National Park. On February 15, 2008, authorities in Ecuador agreed to investigate reports that five tribespeople belonging to the Taromenane and Tagaeri tribes were killed by illegal loggers.
Uncontacted peoples
Uncontacted people, also referred to as isolated people or lost tribes, are communities who live, or have lived, either by choice or by circumstance, without significant contact with globalized civilisation....
living in Yasuni National Park
Yasuni National Park
Yasuni National Park is in Ecuador with an area of 9,820 km2 between the Napo and Curaray rivers in Napo and Pastaza provinces in Amazonian Ecuador. The park is about 250 km from Quito and was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1989...
, at the Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
ian Amazon Basin
Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
.
Together with the Tagaeri
Tagaeri
The Tagaeri are a clan of Huaorani people living in Yasuni National Park, at the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin, named for their association with the warrior Taga...
they make up the two last known indigenous groups living in voluntary isolation in Ecuador.
The clan is believed to be distantly related to the Huaorani
Huaorani
The Huaorani, Waorani or Waodani, also known as the Waos, are native Amerindians from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador who have marked differences from other ethnic groups from Ecuador. The alternate name Auca is a pejorative exonym used by the neighboring Quechua Indians, and commonly adopted by...
people.
It is estimated there are 150–300 Taromenane still maintaining a nomadic lifestyle in the rain forest and perhaps only 20–30 surviving Tagaeri, although these numbers are uncertain.
The Taromenane has recently been under threat from oil developments and illegal logging in the Yasuni National Park. On February 15, 2008, authorities in Ecuador agreed to investigate reports that five tribespeople belonging to the Taromenane and Tagaeri tribes were killed by illegal loggers.
External links
- Yasuni Rainforest News http://www.saveamericasforests.org/Yasuni/News/index.html
- Ecuador Bars Oil Extraction, Logging from Indigenous Zone http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-12-04.asp
- Uncontacted: A field study of the Huaorani and their still uncontacted neighbors the Taromenane http://www.uncontacted.com