“Without definitive expulsion of all the whites, violence would erupt again; it was just a matter of time. History had demonstrated graphically… — Scott Wallace History Copy Share Image
“he hoped the sheer isolation would keep most intruders from venturing in this direction. That, and the willingness of the Indians to… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“Once you make contact,” he’d told me, “you begin the process of destroying their universe.” Only” — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“As long as they had streams unsullied by mercury and sprawling woodlands rich with animals, they could remain beyond our reach, beyond… — Scott Wallace Cold beer Copy Share Image
“floating rigs that laid waste to huge stretches of shoreline and spewed toxic effluents straight into the rivers. So destructive were the… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“He might wish the Indians to transcend their narrow tribal interests, to see themselves not just as Matis or Marubo, Kanamari or… — Scott Wallace Psychology Copy Share Image
“Eager to generate employment and earn revenues on timber and hydrocarbon development, Peruvian president Alan García had thrown his country’s Amazonian territories… — Scott Wallace Oil and gas Copy Share Image
“The equating of primitive culture with backwardness has been so ingrained in the popular mind that even so-called civilized Indians on the… — Scott Wallace Psychology Copy Share Image
“we are in truth acting as the spearhead for a cold, complex, and determined society, one that has no forgiveness for technologically… — Scott Wallace Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“In another time and place, the Texeiras would have been hailed as model citizens, environmental stewards, exactly the kind of decent, hardworking… — Scott Wallace Another time Copy Share Image
“Most important, as far as Possuelo was concerned, they appeared to be thriving in every way. Isolation, far from strangling them, had… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“admired, even emulated. “You saw for yourselves, the Indian doesn’t need the white man to live,” he went on. “He knows how… — Scott Wallace Live well Copy Share Image
“He explained the dynamic that leads an uprooted tribe to extinction: “The women stop having children. Under these conditions, why have children?… — Scott Wallace Children Copy Share Image
“The Indians fell ill predictably enough, but they didn’t come to Possuelo for help. Instead, they fled into the forest, further spreading… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
“Whatever its faults, and there were many, the system of identification, protection, and vigilance Possuelo had put in place was making a… — Scott Wallace Making a difference Copy Share Image
