Operation Auca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to bring Christianity to the Waorani or Huaorani people of the rain forest of Ecuador.

Auca (awqa in Quechua) means 'savage'. They comprise almost 4,000 inhabitants and speak the Waorani language, also known as Huoarani, Wao, Sapela and Auca, a linguistic isolate that is not known to be related to any other language. Their ancestral lands are located between the Curaray and Napo rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) south of El Coca.

2023年6月29日 · The Huaorani Indians (otherwise known as the Waodani, Waorani, or Auca Indians), totaling around 500 tribe members in 1955, were a violent tribe of indigenous, Amerindians living in the Amazonian region of Ecuador.

2014年11月14日 · Nate and four American friends first made contact with the widely-feared Auca people deep in the Ecuadorian rainforest in 1955. Lowering down gifts every week for 13 weeks in a bucket from the plane, the missionaries hoped to show love and peace to a tribe renowned for violence. These people had never been contacted by the outside world.

2014年4月22日 · Operation Auca was an attempt by the five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to bring Christianity to the Huaorani people of the rainforest of Ecuador. The Huaorani, also known by the pejorative Aucas (a modification of awqa (Auca), the Quechua word for “savages”), were an isolated tribe known for their violence ...

Operation Auca was an attempt by five American missionary families to contact the Huaorani people of the rainforest of Ecuador. The Huaorani, also known as Aucas (a modification of awqa, the Quechua word for “enemies”), were an isolated tribe known for their violence against both their own people and outsiders who entered their territory.

2023年4月4日 · The Auca Indians, also known as the Huaorani, have a long and fascinating history that captivates anyone interested in indigenous culture. Their existence dates back thousands of years, making their customs and traditions a treasure trove of knowledge about pre-Columbian South America.

2012年1月8日 · Seven years later, Jim Elliot and four other missionaries indeed gave their lives in an attempt to share the Gospel with an unreached people group called Aucas in Ecuador. This indigenous group called themselves “Huaorani,” meaning “people,” but their enemies called them “Aucas” because they were “savages.”

2017年10月26日 · It was January of 1956 when five men were lanced on the banks of the muddy Curaray River by the savage Auca tribe. These five young men gave their lives for that highly primitive Ecuadorian tribe, but they did not die in vain. Pennsylvanian Nate Saint and his wife Marj had come to the Oriente, the eastern jungle of Ecuador, in September of 1948.

Operation Auca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to make contact with the Huaorani people of the rainforest of Ecuador. The Huaorani, also known as the Aucas (the Quechua word for "naked ones", later carried the connotation "savages"), were an isolated tribe known for their violence, against both ...