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Michael D. Chason Director of Public Relations ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway Tifton, GA 31793-2601 Phone 229-391-5055 Fax 229-391-5056 mchason@abac.edu

IMMEDIATE SEPTEMBER 15, 2005

HUAORANI TRIBE LEADER TO SPEAK AT ABAC SEPTEMBER 30

TIFTON- Moi Enomenga, the Huaorani tribe leader from the Amazon rain forest, will be on the campus of Abraham Baldwin College to help showcase the documentary Trinkets and Beads on Sept. 30 in the Cordell Conference Room from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Trinkets and Beads tells the story of how drilling on Huaorani land led to the 1957 massacre of five American missionaries by the Huaorani people, the evangelization efforts of Rachel Saint, and the pollution of Huaorani land by Texaco and Shell.

Enomenga is now trying to unite his tribe in opposition to the drilling of the land. He was made famous for his appearance as the main character in the book Savages by Joe Kane.

Enomenga is an eco-tourist guide and the Vice President of the Organization of the Huaorani Nation of Ecuadorian Amazon. He has worked with U.S. senators and the United Nations. Enomenga is touring South Georgia as a cultural ambassador to make others aware of what is happening to his people’s land.

This event is sponsored by a grant from the Georgia Humanities Council, Valdosta State University, and the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs at ABAC. For more information contact Assistant Professor of Political Science, Mouyyed Hassouna at (229) 391-5083.

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