Stand as Tall as the Trees: How an Amazonian Community Protected the Rain Forest
by Patricia Gualinga (Author), Laura Resau (Author), and Vanessa Jaramillo (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Patricia (Paty) Gualinga grew up in her Kichwa village in the Amazon of Ecuador where mystical beings called Amazanga help protect the forest. Paty traveled away from home for school until she was called back–companies that said the government sold them property were destroying her people’s lands to look for oil. The Kichwa community worked with other Indigenous groups to bring the Ecuadorian government to the Court of Human Rights.
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Also available in Spanish as Con la cabeza en alto: Cómo una comunidad amazónica protegió la selva:
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