Music Jivaro Ecuador / Various

The rugged, forested hills of the eastern slopes of the Andes have long constituted one of the last great sanctuaries of American Indian groups relatively independent of white domination. Of these groups, probably none has been more prominent than the Jivaro of eastern Ecuador who, at present, number approximately 15,000 persons. For almost four centuries the Jivaro successfully resisted attempts by would-be conquerors to settle permanently in their territory despite the fact that they occupy one of the richest regions of placer gold deposits in South America... Michael J. Harner.