A Future for Amazonia: Randy Borman and Cofán Environmental Politics

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245 Cofán-ness, 56, 58, 62, 63, 197; at the QCC, 116, 191; in Sinangoe, 196 Ai’pa (savage, killer), 57, 59, 65, 68, 95; and shamanism, 92 Alliance Academy, 35, 179, 181–185, 204, 228ch6nn6–8; Borman children at, 104, 178, 199; Borman’s attendance at, 31, 32, 34 alternative futures, ix, xii, 223 Amazonian ethnic groups, 58–61 Amazonianists, 18, 21, 222 Amazon Rubber Boom, 7 Amazon Stranger (Tidwell), 3, 41 “American Son” (documentary on America Tonight), 55–56, 224ch2n1 Amisacho village, 9 anaconda, 148, 229n2; and shamanism , 91, 94, 193; in “The Story of Maria,” 212, 213 ancestral territory, 107, 108, 110, 112, 113, 114, 166, 222 Andean Initiative, 11 Andean Regional Initiative, 11 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company Ltd. (Royal Dutch Shell), 8 anthropologists, ix, x, xi, 17, 18, 20, 21; Borman as, 35; contributions of, to indigenous, 222; views of, 114 anthropology, xi, 18, 222–223; academic , ix antia (kin), 82–83, 84, 86, 225ch3nn4,5. See also kinship anxiety, 2, 19, 143; Borman and, 40. See also Cofán people, and anxiety Araweté people, 94 Page numbers in italics indicate photos. A & E Investigative Reports, 3 Acta de Acuerdos, 114 activism, 103–104, 115, 136–137, 167, 208 adaptability. See pragmatics/pragmatism agency, xii; Borman’s, 30, 45, 53; Cofán people’s, 147, 154, 214. See also Borman, Randy, biography of; Borman, Randy, and identity; imagination Aguarico River, 3, 5, 8, 13, 22, 143, 144, 148, 169, 217, 226ch5n2; and ecotourism, 38; gold in, 7 Aguinda v. Chevron, 9–10, 197 Aguinda, Antonio, 169. See also Zábalo residents, Antonio and Pablo Aguinda, Roberto, 106, 117, 188, 194, 195; daily concerns of, 132; and FSC, 127, 133; as leader, 120–122, 124, 135, 169; at QCC, 185; relating to Cocama, 125; salary of, 226ch4n3; on his transformation, 197 Aguinda, Toribio, 21 a’i, 6, 44, 57–58, 69, 183–184; becoming , 68, 82; Borman as, 73; and FSC, 122; as lacking, 199; prevention of becoming, 70; in Quito, 122, 123; versus fuesu a’i (other people), 65. See also Cofán-ness; Cofán people a’i in’jan’cho (Cofán way of thinking and desiring), 74 A’ingae language, 1, 3, 4–5, 6, 7, 8, 24, 30, 57, 71, 110, 148; and Index 246 A Future for Amazonia 120, 135, 169, 170, 191; as member of Cofán community, 41, 56, 66, 67, 72, 78; nickname of, 227ch5n6; on opatssi, 87–88; as Parker/Gentry Award for Conservation Biology recipient, 156; perceived wealth of, 76, 77, 78; political will of, 48–53; in Quito, 104–105, 110–111, 116, 117, 185–186; and RECB, 111, 112; reception of, by indigenous, 44; religiosity of, 45–46, 47, 53, 186; as role model, 202, 203; and structure of certainty, 45–48; on tourism, 145, 147; vision of, 109–110, 112, 113, 114; worldview of, 46; writings of, 47, 48, 49, 50. See also Quito Cofán Center (QCC) Borman, Roberta (Bobbie), 6, 8, 59, 76, 175, 176; as a’i, 67 Borneo, x Bourdieu, Pierre, 17, 18 Bush, George H. W., 11 Bush, George W., 11 CAIMAN (Conservation of Managed Indigenous Areas), 108, 109, 126, 130, 131, 226ch4n7 Caminata (march), 14 Campo Eno, 201 capitalism, xi, 3; as destructive, x; global, 215 Castoriadis, Cornelius, 17 Catholicism, 7, 58, 175. See also Jesuits Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve, 114, 186 CBS America Tonight, 3 Cerón, Carlos Eduardo, 140 Chandia Na’e, 111 change, xii, 13; cultural, 95, 111; environmental , 147, 152, 178, 188, 195; social/political, x, 3, 17, 196, 216; socioecological, 222 Chemonics, 226ch4n7 Chiga, 213, 229n1 childhood, 170–175, 192 China, 10 Association of Indigenous Communities of the Cofán Nationality (ACOINCO), 104 Australian 60 Minutes, 3 Barth, Frederik, 61 Berger, Peter, 17 Bhaskar, Roy, 17 biological diversity/biodiversity, ix, xiv, 1, 3, 16, 106, 108, 109, 126, 164, 216–217, 222, 223 Bloch, Ernst, x Bolivia, 11, 156 Borman, Felipe, 135–136, 182, 183, 184, 190; educational path of, 199–201 Borman, Marlytte (Bub), 6, 8, 59, 175, 176, 224ch1nn1–2 Borman, Randy, 1, 2, 4, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24–25, 42, 75, 76, 99, 104, 117, 145, 179, 188, 215, 221, 226ch4n3; on aid, 108–109; attributes of, 30, 53–54, 120; biculturality of, 41–42, 43, 77; biography of, 30–39; brothers of, 186; Cofán-ness of, 72, 73–77, 209; on courage, 50–51; daily concerns of, 132; as “dorm parent,” 118, 186, 191, 228ch6n9; dress...