The Achuar Nation

clipped from www.nacionalidadachuarecuador.org clipped from www.nacionalidadachuarecuador.org clipped from www.nacionalidadachuarecuador.org There are approximately 6,000 Achuar (year 2007) living inside the territory of the Achuar Nation, which extends over Ecuadorian and Peruvian land. The Ecuadorian part of the territory has an extension of 681,218 hectares, the majority of it being Amazon primary rainforest. The Achuar culture has existed long before the Spanish conquest in the 1500's. Due to their location in the depths of the forest, the Achuar were able to defend themselves and their territory against foreign invaders and continue to live their nomadic life style in their land with their ancestral customs. Even today, the Achuar people continue practicing the subsistence life style that their ancestors practiced too. Furthermore, at the present time, the Achuar combine their use of wild plants with the hunt of wild animals and their traditional agriculture, as well as with the products they bring from outside the Rainforest, such as salt, metal pots, batteries, clothes, shotguns, lighters, etc. clipped from www.nacionalidadachuarecuador.org