1.Introduction.
I.THE RUNA.
2.Organizing Society: Land, Kin, and Ritual.
Community Territory and Settlement Pattern.
Kin Structure and Organization.
Ritual among the Runa: The Marriage Ceremony.
3.Understanding the Self and Social Order.
Becoming a Runa.
Relationship between Runa and Forest Spirits.
Ordering Life through Dreams.
II.THE RUNA AND NATIONAL SOCIETY.
4.From Apu to Patron.
The Rubber Boom.
Eloy Alfaro and the “Liberal Revolution.”
Runa and Patrons.
5.Colonists, Land Reform, and Cattle: A Case Study.
The Settlement of Arajuno.
Agrarian Reform and Colonization.
Cattle, Changing National Policies, Petroleum, and the Agrarian Reform Laws of 1974.
6.Ethnic Federations: from Moral to Political Economy.
Dream Symbolism: Where Are the White People?
From Patrons to Colonists.
Ethnic Federations in the Ecuadorian Oriente.
Agrarian Reform and Colonization.
7.Ethnic Federations and Government Policies.
Rethinking Stereotypes.
FOIN and Natural Forest Management.
1980-1984: The Jaime Roldos/Oswaldo Hurtado Administration.
1984-1988: President Leon Febres Cordero: “Closed Doors.”
Political Opposition, Community-Based Projects, and Increased Auto Linderacion.
8.Indigenous Politics and Conservation.
Community Lands.
Forest Management.
The “Era of the Projects:” Napo Runa and Resource Management.
1988-1992: The Rodrigo Borja Era.
9.The Politics of Territories.
Towards Parity.
“Indio” as Ethnic Marker.
Ethnic “Nationalism.”
Collective Action and Social Movements.
10.Change and Culture.
“Boys Don't Need the Sacha Purina Pistu Any Longer. We Lead a New Life Now.”
Runa Understanding: Public and Private.
Runa in the Forest.
Runa World View Reconsidered.
The “Modern” Wedding.
Summary.
