Waorani people kill 5 evangelical Christian's from the United States attempting to evangalize a tribe who had explicitly made it known they wished to remain uncontacted

Jan. 8, 1956

Waorani people kill 5 evangelical Christian's from the United States attempting to evangalize a tribe who had explicitly made it known they wished to remain uncontacted ‘We feel like we are disappearing’, Waorani spokesman Ehenguime Enqueri Niwa told Survival. ‘For centuries the Waorani have defended their territories, but now the biggest threats are oil exploration, loggers and miners. What will happen to our children when they’re bigger? Where will they live?’ The Waorani were first contacted in the 1950s by American missionaries; Enqueri’s father was one of the first members of his tribe to meet the missionaries. From https://www.survivalinternational.org/galleries/father
After disrespecting the tribes wishes, the five evangelical Christians were killed with spears. Today there remain uncontacted peoples in eastern Ecuador who Survival International and other groups attempt to support in their effort to remain sovereign and separate from dominate society. Despite these violent attempt at colonization and forced contact, some Waurani groups remain intact in Ecuador as well as Taromenane peoples. The son of one of the men who killed these colonizers, Ehenguime Enqueri Niwa, speaks out now against the forced contact of other uncontacted Native peoples: "We are against making contact with uncontacted tribes. They live peacefully, with their own way of life and their own food. It’s identical to what is happening in Peru. For centuries the Waorani have defended their territories, but now the biggest threats are oil exploration, loggers and miners." Ecuador is guilty of allowing illegal forest harvest as well as Shell Oil into their territories.