Wedding mirages: Salesian representations of the Shuar marriage¸1893-1925 by Rosana Posligua

“…It is inhabited by several aents chicham indigenous ethnic groups which include the shuar, achuar, wampis, awajún y shiwiar peoples. This article is based in a previous qualitative and historical investigation of the written accounts made by the Salesian priests in the period under study. …”
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The Ecuadorian State in the southeastern frontier: a creation based on affection, 1893-1964 by Cecilia Ortiz-Batallas

“…This territory – which was originally settled by the Achuar and Shuar peoples- remained in dispute between Ecuador and Peru since the day Ecuador became an independent country in 1830, and until 1998, when the two nations reached a final agreement on their common borders. …”
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